Charles Seife, Author . Viking $24.95 (294p) ISBN 978-0-670-03179-5
Did the universe really begin with a bang, and will it end with a whimper? Well-known science journalist Seife gives a comprehensive survey of "theories of everything" from the ancients to the latest discoveries. He explains why some...
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Charles Seife, Author . Viking $24.95 (296p) ISBN 978-0-670-03441-3
In a book that's all but impossible to put down, science journalist Seife (Alpha & Omega
) explains how the concepts of information theory have begun to unlock many of the mysteries of the universe, from quantum mechanics to black holes and...
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Charles Seife, Author . Viking $25.95 (294p) ISBN 978-0-670-02033-1
Fifty years ago scientists and futurists glowingly predicted a future in which cars would run on little fusion cells and the world would extract deuterium from the oceans for an inexhaustible supply of energy. Like all too many shining visions,...
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Charles Seife, Viking, $25.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-670-02216-8
Science journalist Seife (Zero) borrows the title of his book from comedian Stephen Colbert's well-known term "truthiness." Seife defines proofiness as "the art of using bogus mathematical arguments to prove something that you know in your heart is...
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Charles Seife. Viking, $26.95 (246p) ISBN 978-0-670-02608-1
Digital information, according to Seife in this informative book, influences our actions and alters public dialogue in very subtle and devious ways. Seife, a professor of journalism at New York University, defines virtual unreality as the state of “l
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Charles Seife, Author, Matt Zimet, Illustrator Viking Books $24.95 (248p) ISBN 978-0-670-88457-5
In a lively and literate first book, science journalist Seife takes readers on a historical, mathematical and scientific journey from the infinitesimal to the infinite. With clever devices such as humorously titled and subtitled chapters numbered...
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Charles Seife. Basic, $30 (416p) ISBN 978-1-5416-1837-4
Journalist Seife (Virtual Unreality) takes a convoluted look at the life of physicist and renowned science communicator Stephen Hawking (1942–2018). Seife makes the case that despite the glowing press Hawking received, he was neither the world’s...
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