Charles Seife
3 archived appearances · 2005–2007
MathematicsPhysicsScience Writing
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.
On the air with Art · 3
Feb 5, 2005 · 2h 54m
Cosmological Theories
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...Jan 20, 2007 · 2h 35m
Parallel Universes and Quantum Science
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...Jan 27, 2007 · 2h 35m
Science Talk
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...
