Virtual Unreality: The New Era of Digital Deception

by Charles Seife

Book Overview

The author of Zero and Proofiness explains how to tell truth from fantasy in the digital world, and why it matters Today, the Internet allows us to spread information faster and to more people than ever before--never mind whether it's true or not. In Virtual Unreality , mathematician, science reporter, and journalist watchdog Charles Seife takes us deep into the information jungle and cuts a path through the trickery, fakery, and cyber skullduggery...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143127675
• ISBN13: 9780143127673
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher