William Poundstone

Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?. 2011.

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.

Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody. 2014. ISBN
978-0316228060.

An enthusiast of Harry Stephen Keeler, he maintains the

Keeler homepage and contributed to the anthology A to
Izzard: A Harry Stephen Keeler Companion (2002).

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Bibliography

Poundstone, William. Web Projects. Retrieved 9

October 2012.

Big Secrets: The Uncensored Truth About All Sorts

of Stu You Are Never Supposed to Know. 1983.

Fortunes Formula ocial site

The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the

Limits of Scientic Knowledge. 1984. ISBN 9780809252022.

William Poundstones talk at Skeptics Distinguished

Lecture Series (Video)

Bigger Secrets: More Than 125 Things They Prayed

You'd Never Find Out. 1986.
Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the
Frailty of Knowledge. 1988.
The Ultimate: The Great Armchair Debates Settled
Once and for All. 1990.
Prisoners Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb. 1992. ISBN 9780385415804.
Biggest Secrets: More Uncensored Truth About All
Sorts of Stu You Are Never Supposed to Know.
1993.
Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos. 1999.
The Big Book of Big Secrets. 2001. reprints Big Secrets and Biggest Secrets
How Would You Move Mount Fuji? : Microsofts Cult
of the PuzzleHow the Worlds Smartest Companies
Select the Most Creative Thinkers. 2003.
Fortunes Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientic
Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street.
2005. ISBN 978-0809045990.
Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and
What We Can Do About It). 2008.
Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take
Advantage of It). 2010.
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