Charles Seife
Charles Seife is an American author, journalist, and professor at New York University. He has written extensively on scientific and mathematical topics.
Career
Seife holds a mathematics degree from Princeton University (1993),[1] an M.S. in mathematics from Yale University and a M.S. in journalism from Columbia University.[2]
Seife wrote for
Books
His first and best-known published book is Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea (Viking, 2000).[3]
Another well-known book from Seife is Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled By the Numbers (Penguin, 2010).[4] Here, Seife focuses on how much propaganda uses numbers worded in such a way that they confuse people and can be misinterpreted.[5]
Other books by Seife are:
- ISBN 0-670-03179-8
- ISBN 978-0-14-303839-9
- Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking, Viking, 2008. ISBN 978-0-670-02033-1[6]
- Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It's True?, Penguin Putnam, 2014. ISBN 0-670-02608-5[7]
- Hawking ISBN 9781541618374[8]
Other writing
Seife's freelance work has appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Scientific American, and The Economist, among others.[2] Throughout his career, he has written many book reviews, especially of books which focus on mathematics.
Professional associations
Seife is a member of
Awards
- 2001 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction for Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
References
- ^ Greenwood, Katherine Federici (13 October 2010). Numbers can mislead - Charles Seife ’93 reveals mischief behind data, Princeton Alumni Weekly
- ^ a b c Journalism at NYU - Faculty Archived April 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 9780140296471.
- ISBN 978-0-14-312007-0.
- ^ Steven Strogatz, Fibbing With Numbers, The New York Times, 17 September 2010
- ISBN 9780670020331.
- ISBN 9780143127673; pbk)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link - ISBN 978-1-5416-1837-4.
External links
- Article on edge.org Archived 2017-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- DC Science Writers Association website
- Homepage
- Leonard Lopate interview with Charles Seife
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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