Charles Seife

MathematicsPhysicsScience Writing

3 archived appearances · 2005–2007

Charles Seife is a science journalist, professor, and author recognized for his accessible and engaging writing about mathematics, physics, and the history of scientific ideas. On Art Bell's programs, his book Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea and his ability to make abstract mathematical concepts compelling demonstrated how the foundations of science can be as strange and fascinating as any mystery.

Episodes3

February 5, 2005: Cosmological Theories - Charles Seife

Feb 5, 2005

2h 54m

Art Bell speaks with Charles Seife, a science journalist and author who covers physics and cosmology for Science Magazine. Seife explains how the discovery of dark energy in the late 1990s upended decades of assumptions about the fate of the universe. Rather than gravity slowing the expansion of the cosmos, distant...

January 20, 2007: Parallel Universes and Quantum Science - Charles Seife

Jan 20, 2007

2h 35m

Art Bell interviews science journalist and mathematician Charles Seife about the nature of information as a fundamental property of the universe. Seife explains how Claude Shannon's mid-20th century discovery of the laws of information created a third great scientific revolution, revealing that information behaves a...

January 27, 2007: Science Talk - Charles Seife

Jan 27, 2007

2h 35m

Art Bell welcomes back science journalist Charles Seife for a wide-ranging second installment covering the origins of the universe, the nature of consciousness, and the future of genetic science. Seife discusses what scientists know about the Big Bang, explaining that while they can simulate conditions microseconds...

Charles Seife

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From the original ArtBell.com archive

Episodes3

February 5, 2005: Cosmological Theories - Charles Seife

January 20, 2007: Parallel Universes and Quantum Science - Charles Seife

January 27, 2007: Science Talk - Charles Seife

Books1

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea