"..In this miraculously well written little book, Gottlieb does something that has certainly not been done before..." www.thetablet.co.uk/books/a-bubb...

"...On his deathbed, he exclaimed: “Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life.” Maybe so, yet you close this wonderful biography thinking that the linguistic philosopher JL Austin summed him up best: “Poor old Witters.” " www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/12aace9...

In case you're looking for "a great present": fivebooks.com/best-books/b...

A conversation on the towering self-confidence of the Wittgenstein family, the physicists who sparked some of Ludwig's ideas, music and the inexpressible, and--among other things--why life is maybe not like a pineapple.

Yet more Wittgenstein: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

An appreciative review of my Wittgenstein biography, from Bryan Appleyard: engelsbergideas.com/reviews/witt...

Philosophical terminology unseriously explained: dailynous.com/2025/10/29/f...

The first chapter of my new short biography of Wittgenstein is free to read at Lit Hub: lithub.com/on-the-simpl...

First review of my new short biography of Wittgenstein, in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...

I'm pleased to say that this is now available for pre-order: www.amazon.com/Ludwig-Wittg...

My piece on Leibniz, in this week's issue of the New Yorker www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Before Beatlemania, there was Bergsonmania: my review of a new biography of Bergson www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/b...