ars ▁his ▁name . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Born ▁in ▁T uc son , ▁Arizona , ▁Wood in ▁earned ▁his ▁Ph . D . ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Ber keley ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁under ▁Robert ▁M . ▁Sol ov ay . ▁His ▁dis sert ation ▁title ▁was ▁Dis continu ous ▁Hom omorph isms ▁of ▁C ( Omega ) ▁and ▁Set ▁Theory . ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁chair ▁of ▁the ▁Ber keley ▁mathematics ▁department ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 – 2 0 0 3 ▁academic ▁year . ▁Wood in ▁is ▁a ▁man aging ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Journal ▁of ▁Mathemat ical ▁Log ic . ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Academy ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Sciences ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁great - grand son ▁of ▁William ▁Hart man ▁Wood in , ▁former ▁Secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Tre as ury . ▁ ▁Work ▁He ▁has ▁done ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁generic ▁mult ivers es ▁and ▁the ▁related ▁concept ▁of ▁ Ω - logic , ▁which ▁suggested ▁an ▁argument ▁that ▁the ▁continu um ▁hypothesis ▁is ▁either ▁und ec id able ▁or ▁false ▁in ▁the ▁sense ▁of ▁mathematical ▁pl aton ism . ▁Wood in ▁critic izes ▁this ▁view ▁arg uing ▁that ▁it ▁leads ▁to ▁a ▁counter int uit ive ▁reduction ▁in ▁which ▁all ▁truth s ▁in ▁the ▁set ▁theoretical ▁universe ▁can ▁be ▁decided ▁from ▁a ▁small ▁part ▁of ▁it . ▁He ▁claims ▁that ▁these ▁and ▁related ▁mathematical ▁results ▁lead ▁( int uit ively ) ▁to