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.
An enthusiastic fan of the fiction author
Harry Stephen Keeler, Poundstone maintains the Keeler homepage and contributed to the anthology A to Izzard: A Harry Stephen Keeler Companion (2002).
Big Secrets: The Uncensored Truth About All Sorts of Stuff You Are Never Supposed to Know. 1983.
Poundstone, William (1984). The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge. Contemporary Books.
ISBN978-0809252022.
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.
Poundstone, William (1992). Prisoner's Dilemma:
John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb. Knopf Doubleday Publishing.
ISBN978-0385415804.
Biggest Secrets: More Uncensored Truth About All Sorts of Stuff 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? : Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle – How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers. 2003.
Poundstone, William (2005). Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street. Macmillan.
ISBN978-0809045990.
Poundstone, William (2021). How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?: Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want. New York: Little, Brown Spark.
ISBN978-0316494540.
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.
An enthusiastic fan of the fiction author
Harry Stephen Keeler, Poundstone maintains the Keeler homepage and contributed to the anthology A to Izzard: A Harry Stephen Keeler Companion (2002).
Big Secrets: The Uncensored Truth About All Sorts of Stuff You Are Never Supposed to Know. 1983.
Poundstone, William (1984). The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge. Contemporary Books.
ISBN978-0809252022.
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.
Poundstone, William (1992). Prisoner's Dilemma:
John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb. Knopf Doubleday Publishing.
ISBN978-0385415804.
Biggest Secrets: More Uncensored Truth About All Sorts of Stuff 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? : Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle – How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers. 2003.
Poundstone, William (2005). Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street. Macmillan.
ISBN978-0809045990.
Poundstone, William (2021). How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?: Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want. New York: Little, Brown Spark.
ISBN978-0316494540.