Charles Seife
Science journalist and author
Charles Seife is an American author and journalist who teaches at New York University. He writes about science and mathematics, including in Zero.
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About Charles Seife
Charles Seife is an American author, journalist and professor of journalism at New York University. He has written widely on science and mathematics. Earlier in his career he wrote for Science magazine and was a US correspondent for New Scientist. His articles have appeared in outlets including Scientific American, The Economist and The New York Times. He has also worked as a consultant and writer on television documentaries about science and mathematics. His book Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea received the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction in 2000. He also wrote Proofiness, Alpha & Omega and Decoding the Universe. He studied mathematics at Princeton and Yale, and also holds a journalism degree from Columbia.