Libros de William Poundstone

Carl Sagan : Una Vida En El Cosmos

• 544 páginas
• En esta cautivadora biografía de Carl Sagan, William Poundstone detalla cómo un joven astrónomo, apasionado por la ciencia y obsesionado con la búsqueda de vida en otros mundos, se transforma en una auténtica superestrel...

Head In The Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy To Look Up

• 352 páginas
• More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who Rene Descartes was. Most can't find Delaware on a map, correctly spell the word occurrence, or name the largest ocean on the planet. But how important is it to fill our heads with facts? A few keystrokes...

Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide To Outguessing And Outwitting Almost Everybody

• 320 páginas
• People are predictable even when they try not to be. William Poundstone demonstrates how to turn this fact to personal advantage in scores of everyday situations, from playing the lottery to buying a home. ROCK BREAKS SCISSORS is mind-reading for real...

Priceless: The Hidden Psychology Of Value

The Ultimate

• 336 páginas
• A humorous trivia book that has the official and final word on what qualifies as the coolest, the best, the toughest, the most, and of course the ultimate. Readers will enjoy learning which rollercoaster is the best, and what was the most ingenious colleg...