Alpha and Omega is the second book for Charles Seife; his first, Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, received the Martha Albrand/PEN award.

Seife is a journalist with Science magazine and has also written for New Scientist, Scientific American, The Economist, Science, Wired, Wired UK, The Sciences, and numerous other publications. He holds an M.S. in mathematics from Yale University and his areas of research included probability theory and artificial intelligence. He lives in Washington D.C.

You can find out more at Charles Seife's webpage.