| 词条 | Charles Seife |
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Charles Seife is an American author and journalist, a professor at New York University. He has written extensively on scientific and mathematical topics. CareerSeife holds a mathematics degree from Princeton University (1993),[1] an M.S. in mathematics from Yale University and a M.S. in journalism from Columbia University.[2] Seife wrote for Science magazine and New Scientist before joining the Department of Journalism at New York University where he became a professor.[2] BooksHis first and best-known published book is The Biography of a Dangerous Idea.[3] One review of this book described it as "one of the best-written popular science books ... for quite a while".[4] Another review, however, claimed that Seife gave contradictory information within the book as well as belittling the subject of the book as a whole.[5] Another well-known book from Seife is Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled By the Numbers.[6] Here, Seife focuses on how much propaganda uses numbers worded in such a way that they confuse people and can be misinterpreted.[7] Other books by Seife are:
Other writingHis freelance work has appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Scientific American, and The Economist, among others.[2] Throughout his career, Seife has written many book reviews, especially of books which focus on mathematics. Professional associationsHe is a member of PEN, the National Association of Science Writers, and the D.C. Science Writers Association. Awards
References1. ^Greenwood, Katherine Federici (13 October 2010). Numbers can mislead - Charles Seife ’93 reveals mischief behind data, Princeton Alumni Weekly 2. ^1 2 Journalism at NYU - Faculty {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406140955/http://journalism.nyu.edu/faculty/seife.html |date=April 6, 2008 }} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Seife|first1=Charles|title=Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea|date=2000|publisher=Penguin Books|location=New York|isbn=9780140296471}} 4. ^Nicholas Lezard, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/mar/22/featuresreviews.guardianreview20 Explaining nothing, brilliantly], The Guardian, 22 March 2003 5. ^{{cite journal|last=Barrow-Green|first=June|title=Charles Seife: Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea|journal=Isis|year=2004|volume=95|issue=2|pages=279–280|doi=10.1086/426210}} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Seife|first=Charles|title=Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers|year=2010|publisher=Penguin|location=New York|isbn=978-0-14-312007-0}} 7. ^Steven Strogatz, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/books/review/Strogatz-t.html?_r=0 Fibbing With Numbers], The New York Times, 17 September 2010 External links
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