About the Author

Charles Seife is the author of five previous books, including Proofiness and Zero, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for first nonfiction and was a New York Times notable book. He has written for a wide variety of publications, including The New York Times, Wired, New Scientist, Science, Scientific American, and The Economist. He is a professor of journalism at New York University and lives in New York City.
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Reviews

Praise for Virtual Unreality
Mr. Seife (a professor of journalism at New York University and the author of five books on science and math) . . . is a meticulous writer, and he quickly won me over unfortunately. . . . [H]is portrait is persuasive and thus disconcerting and frightening.
Howard Schneider, The Wall Street Journal
Virtual Unreality is a talisman we gullible can wield in the hope that we won t get fooled again.
Dwight Garner, The New York Times
Praise for Proofiness
"Passionate...this is more than a math book; it's an eye-opening civics lesson."--The New York Times Book Review
"An admirable salvo against quantitative bamboozlement by the media and the government."--The Boston Globe
"A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for...well, everyone."--Booklist (starred review)
"Detailed and hardhitting."--The Charlotte Observer
"If Stephen Colbert had had time to write a math book, he surely would have written Proofiness."--The Dallas Morning News

Praise for Decoding the Universe
"For the former liberal arts major and other right-brainers, Seife is the man."--Salon.com
"A timely book."--New Scientist
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Praise for ""Virtual Unreality""
Mr. Seife (a professor of journalism at New York University and the author of five books on science and math) . . . is a meticulous writer, and he quickly won me over unfortunately. . . . [H]is portrait is persuasive and thus disconcerting and frightening.
Howard Schneider, "The Wall Street Journal"
"Virtual Unreality" is a talisman we gullible can wield in the hope that we won t get fooled again.
Dwight Garner, "The New York Times"
Praise for "Proofiness"
"Passionate...this is more than a math book; it's an eye-opening civics lesson."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"An admirable salvo against quantitative bamboozlement by the media and the government."--"The Boston Globe"
"A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for...well, everyone."--"Booklist" (starred review)
"Detailed and hardhitting."--"The Charlotte Observer"
"If Stephen Colbert had had time to write a math book, he surely would have written "Proofiness.""--"The Dallas Morning News"

Praise for "Decoding the Universe"
"For the former liberal arts major and other right-brainers, Seife is the man."--"Salon.com"
"A timely book."--"New Scientist"
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Praise for ""Virtual Unreality""
Mr. Seife (a professor of journalism at New York University and the author of five books on science and math) . . . is a meticulous writer, and he quickly won me over--unfortunately. . . . [H]is portrait is persuasive and thus disconcerting and frightening.
--Howard Schneider, "The Wall Street Journal"
""Virtual Unreality" is a talisman we gullible can wield in the hope that we won't get fooled again."
--Dwight Garner, "The New York Times"
Praise for "Proofiness"
"Passionate...this is more than a math book; it's an eye-opening civics lesson."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"An admirable salvo against quantitative bamboozlement by the media and the government."--"The Boston Globe"
"A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for...well, everyone."--"Booklist" (starred review)
"Detailed and hardhitting."--"The Charlotte Observer"
"If Stephen Colbert had had time to write a math book, he surely would have written "Proofiness.""--"The Dallas Morning News"

Praise for "Decoding the Universe"
"For the former liberal arts major and other right-brainers, Seife is the man."--"Salon.com"
"A timely book."--"New Scientist"


Praise for ""Virtual Unreality""
Mr. Seife (a professor of journalism at New York University and the author of five books on science and math) . . . is a meticulous writer, and he quickly won me over--unfortunately. . . . [H]is portrait is persuasive and thus disconcerting and frightening.
--Howard Schneider, "The Wall Street Journal"
""Virtual Unreality" is a talisman we gullible can wield in the hope that we won't get fooled again."
--Dwight Garner, "The New York Times"

Praise for "Proofiness"
"Passionate...this is more than a math book; it's an eye-opening civics lesson."--"The New York Times Book Review"

"An admirable salvo against quantitative bamboozlement by the media and the government."--"The Boston Globe"

"A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for...well, everyone."--"Booklist" (starred review)

"Detailed and hardhitting."--"The Charlotte Observer"

"If Stephen Colbert had had time to write a math book, he surely would have written "Proofiness"."--"The Dallas Morning News"

Praise for "Decoding the Universe"
"For the former liberal arts major and other right-brainers, Seife is the man."--"Salon.com"

"A timely book."--"New Scientist"