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William Poundstone
William Poundstone is the author of sixteen books, including Head in the Cloud, Rock Breaks Scissors, Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?, How Would You Move Mount Fuji?, and Fortune's Formula. He has written for The Believer, The Economist, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Esquire, Harper's, Harvard Business Review, the New York Times op-ed page and Book Review, Village Voice, and many other publications. He won the 2011 Excellence in Financial Journalism Award.
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The Doomsday Calculation
From the author of Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?, a fascinating look at how an equation that foretells the future is transforming…
Head in the Cloud
The real-world value of knowledge in the mobile-device age. More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware…
Rock Breaks Scissors
A practical guide to outguessing everything, from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market. People are predictable even when they try…
Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?
You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and thrown in a blender. The blades start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?…