Seife, Charles.

Summary: The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010

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Seife, Charles.

Summary: "The bestselling author of Proofiness and Zero explains how to separate fact from fantasy in the digital world Digital information is a powerful tool that spreads unbelievably rapidly, infects all corners of society, and is all but impossible to control--even when that information is actually a lie. In Virtual Unreality, Charles Seife uses the skepticism, wit, and sharp facility for analysis...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014

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Seife, Charles

Summary: "Confined to a wheelchair and surrounded by an entourage of nurses, Stephen Hawking was a symbol of the power of mind over matter. The public adored him, and the media compared him to Newton and Einstein. Appearing at concerts, on The Simpsons, and even on the edge of space, he was an icon who captured the imaginations of audiences all over the world. It didn't seem to matter that his fans had...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021

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Seife, Charles.

Summary: The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshipped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Today, zero lies at the heart of one of the biggest scientific controversies of all time, the quest for the theory of everything. Line illustrations. Zero follows the number from its birth as an Eastern philosophical concept to its struggle for acceptance in Europe and its...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2000

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Seife, Charles.

Summary: Humankind has grappled for millennia with the fundamental questions of the origin and end of the universe-it was a focus of ancient religions and myths and of the inquiries of Aristotle, Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton. Today we are on the verge of discoveries that should soon reveal the deepest secrets of the universe. Alpha and Omega is a dispatch from the front lines of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 SEL