William Poundstone
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William Poundstone William Poundstone is an American author, columnist, and skeptic. He has written a number of books including the Big Secrets series and a biography of Carl Sagan. He is a cousin of comedienne Paula Poundstone. An enthusiast of Harry Stephe n Keeler, he maintains the Keeler homepage and contributed to the anthology A to Izzard: A Harry Stephen Keeler Companion (2002). 1 Bi bl io gr ap hy • Big Secr ets: The Uncens ored Truth Abou t All Sorts of Stuff You Are Never Supposed to Know. 1983. • The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge. 1984. ISBN 978- 0809252022. • Bigger Secrets: More Than 125 Things They Prayed You'd Never Find Out . 1986. • Labyr inth s of Rea son: Par adox, Puzzle s, and the Frailty of Knowledge. 1988. • The Ultima te: The Grea t Armc hair Debat es Settled Once and for All . 1990. • Prisoner’s Dilemma: Jo hn von Neu mann , Game The- ory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb. 1992. ISBN 978- 0385415804. • Bigg est Secrets : Mo re Uncenso red Truth About All Sorts of Stu ff You Are Nev er Supp osed to Know. 1993. • Carl Sag an: A Lif e in the Cosmos . 1999. • The Big Book of Big Secrets . 2001. reprints Big Se- crets and Biggest Secrets • How Would Yo u Mo ve Mou nt Fu ji? : Mi cros o ft ’s Cult of the Puzzle—How the World’s Smartest Companies Select the Most Creati ve Thinkers . 2003. • Fo rtune ’s Fo rmula : The Unto ld Stor y of the Scie nti fic Bet tin g Sy ste m Tha t Bea t the Ca sin os and Wall Str eet . 2005. ISBN 978-0809045990. • Gaming the Vote : Wh y Elect ions Aren 't Fair (and What We Can Do About It) . 2008. • Priceless: The Myth of Fair V alue (and How to Take Advantage of It). 2010. • Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? . 2011. • Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Gui de to Outguess- ing and Outwitting Almost Everybody. 2014. ISBN 978-0316228060 . 2 External li nks • William Poundstone official site • Poundstone, William. “Web Projects”. Retrieved 9 October 2012. • Fortune’s Formula official site • William Pounds tone’s talk at Skepti cs Distinguis hed Lecture Series (Video) 1
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