Authors@Google: Charles Seife
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Charles Seife visits Google's New York, NY office to discuss his book "Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception." This event took place on December 1, 2011, as part of the Authors@Google series. "Proofiness," as Charles Seife explains in this eye-opening book, is the art of using pure mathematics for impure ends, and he reminds reade... Read more
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January 23, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Charles Seife visits Google's New York, NY office to discuss his book "Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception." This event took place on December 1, 2011, as part of the Authors@Google series. "Proofiness," as Charles Seife explains in this eye-opening book, is the art of using pure...
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- -: Keith Barry: Brain magic
July 21, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies -- in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances fro...
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- -: Marco Tempest: The magic of truth and lies (and iPods)
August 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Using three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers ...
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- -: Pamela Meyer: How to spot a liar
October 13, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lie can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pamela Meyer, author of Liespotting, shows the manners and "hotspots" used by those trained to recognize deception -- and she argues honesty is a value wo...
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