News
22 September, 2011
I file a lawsuit [pdf] against the National Institutes of Health to compel them to release documents requested via the Freedom of Information Act.
2 September, 2011
Time interview about bad mathematics and health.
August 12, 2011
"The Mind-Reading Salmon,", a column about statistical significance, published in Scientific American.
January 15, 2011
My answer to the Edge World Question Center's annual question ("What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?"), "Randomness," published. Also mentioned in Newsweek.
December 14, 2010
"The Science of Disestimation,", a column about polling, published in Scientific American.
October 28, 2010
"In a world of unreliable numbers, Proofiness is a helpful guide," according to Nature.
October 20, 2010
An interesting review of Proofiness in The National Interest uses "Seife-ian" principles to investigate questionable psychological test of subconscious racial bias.
October 17, 2010
The New York Times' "On Language" column: on truthiness... and proofiness.
October 10, 2010
A review in The Washington Post says that the arguments in Proofiness are cogent and entertaining "... without resorting to arcane mathematics."
October 10, 2010
Proofiness inspires Rupert Cornwell column in The Independent.
October 10, 2010
According to The Charlotte Observer, Proofiness is "... a smoothly written book" with stories that are "detailed and hard hitting."
September 26, 2010
"If Stephen Colbert had had time to write a math book, he surely would have written Proofiness," declares The Dallas Morning News. Other nice reviews in The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Boston Globe.
September 24, 2010
Two Proofiness-related pieces: "Killing the Census" (The Huffington Post) and "Numbers Don't Lie, People Do" (Seed).
September 24, 2010
Science News has a nice review of Proofiness.
September 19, 2010
The New York Times says that the stories in Proofiness "... would be darkly funny if they weren't so infuriating."
September 16, 2010
Janet Maslin reviews Proofiness along with new book by Jon Stewart of The Daily Show fame. Also includes an excerpt.
September 16, 2010
A brief musing on Proofiness at Powell's Book Blog: "A Different Kind of Lie."
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 13, 2011
"Afternoons with Jim Mora." (Radio New Zealand.)
January 7, 2011
"More or Less." (BBC Radio 4.)
December 12, 2010
"Open Mind." (WGVU.)
December 11, 2010
November 30, 2010
"Topical Currents." (WLRN.)
November 17, 2010
"Think." (KERA.) Also, "Nine to Noon." (Radio New Zealand.)
November 16, 2010
"Statistics are facts, right?". (KPCC.)
November 9, 2010
"Culture Shocks with Barry Lynn."
November 4, 2010
"The Kathleen Dunn Show." (Wisconsin Public Radio.)
November 2, 2010
"Roundtable." (WAMC.)
October 28, 2010
"Bogus Figures" (AARP radio), "Viewpoints" (WTKF) and the "Dr. Alvin Jones Show." (WCBQ.)
October 26, 2010
"StudioTulsa." (KWGS.). Also, "Strategies for Living" and "Let's Talk." (WBOI.)
October 22, 2010
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. (KFI-AM and other radio stations.)
October 19, 2010
Moncrieff. (106-108 FM, Ireland.)
October 11, 2010
The Journey Home with Diego Mulligan. (KSFR.)
October 8, 2010
Bloomberg News. (Bloomberg TV.)
October 6, 2010
IEEE Spectrum. (Podcast.)
September 28, 2010
Talk at Strand bookstore: Proofiness. (828 Broadway at 7th St, 7:00 PM.)
September 25, 2010
America's News HQ. (FoxNews.)
September 19, 2010
All Things Considered. (NPR.)
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.)
