News
September 1, 2010
Four examples of proofiness described in Southwest's Spirit magazine.
August 30, 2010
Proofiness recommended by Scientific American.
August 18, 2010
Decoding the Universe named as one of the top ten approachable science books by The Guardian.
August 1, 2010
Eleanor Clift says that Proofiness "... demonstrates in compelling and often amusing detail how numbers, which are supposed to be the arbiters of truth, are routinely used to advance lies and undermine democracy."
July 12, 2010
Publisher's Weekly review of Proofiness says that "Seife presents the material in his typically outspoken style, producing a quick and enjoyable text for his wide base of readers."
July 7, 2010
Booklist declares that Proofiness is "A delightful and remarkably revealing book that should be required reading for . . . well, for everyone."
July 7, 2010
My opinion piece on the Research 2000 / Daily Kos polling flap, "Between Fact and Fantasy: Polling and the Media," published by the Huffington Post.
July 6, 2010
The cover of Zero is #75 in Penguin 75, a compilation of 75 noteworthy covers from the publishing house.
June 26, 2010
Kirkus says that Proofiness is "Sprightly written, despite its sobering message."
March 15, 2010
My next book, Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception, is described in Viking's fall catalog.
November 20, 2009
Sun in a Bottle wins the History of Science Society's Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis award.
April 7, 2009
The Washington Times calls Sun in a Bottle "... a model of what scientific history should be."
January 1, 2009
My answer to the Edge World Question Center's annual question ("What will change everything?"), "Malthusian information famine," published.
Appearances
September 28, 2010
Talk at Strand bookstore: Proofiness. (828 Broadway at 7th St, 7:00 PM.)
June 15, 2010
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. (KFI-AM and other radio stations.)
June 2, 2010
The Leonard Lopate Show. (WNYC.)
December 2, 2009
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. (KFI-AM and other radio stations.)
October 28, 2009
Talk at Stevens Institute of Technology: Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion Energy.
May 8, 2009
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday. (NPR.)
April 14, 2009
Radio Parallax. (KDVS.)
April 10, 2009
Colloquium at Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory: Fusion, Politics, and the Press.
March 17, 2009
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. (PBS.)
March 14, 2009
Static Limit. (KUSF.)
February 4, 2009
Colloquium at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: Fusion, Politics, and the Press.
January 6, 2009
The Leonard Lopate Show. (WNYC.)
December 8, 2008
Talk of the Nation. (NPR.)
November 11 - 16, 2008
Michio Kaku's Explorations in Science. (WBAI in New York and other stations.)
September 28, 2008
The Universe: Beyond the Big Bang. (History Channel, 8 PM, EDT.)
October 31, 2008
Sci-Fi Overdrive radio show. (Download.)
September 10, 2008
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. (KFI-AM and other radio stations, 10 PM PDT.)
