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The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It)
Prada stores carry a few obscenely expensive items in order to boost sales for everything else (which look like bargains in comparison). People used t...
A masterful work of science writing that’s "both a fascinating biography of von Neumann, the Hungarian exile whose mathematical theories were buildi...
A Life in the Cosmos
In this compelling life of Carl Sagan, award-winning science writer William Poundstone details the transformation of a bookish young astronomer obsess...
Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge
This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful unce...
The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
In 1956, two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our dig...
Paradox, Puzzles and the Frailty of Knowledge
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How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe
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 everything...
Dispatches from a Post-Fact World
Never before have we had so much information at our fingertips. You might think that we are better-informed than ever, but there’s one thing we can�...
The Uncensored Truth about All Sorts of Stuff You Are Never Supposed to Know
The Book That Gives the Inside Story on Hundreds of Secrets of American Life --Big Secrets. Are there really secret backward messages in rock music, o...
The Great Armchair Debates Settled Once and for All
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 ulti...
And Other Perplexing Puzzles from the Toughest Interviews in the World
‘An entertaining book we can all enjoy… highly informative and amusing.’ Daily Mail ‘Full of valuable insight…this is a must-read for those ...
Fiendish Interview Questions and Puzzles from the World's Top Companies
The No.1 bestseller new in paperback! You are shrunk to the height of a penny and thrown in a blender. The blades start moving in sixty seconds. What ...
The Hidden Psychology of Value
The first book to reveal how everday pricing strategies manipulate us Why do text messages cost money while emails are free? Why do cereal packets kee...
Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up
The real-world value of knowledge in the mobile-device age. More people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who René Descartes was. Most can't find Del...
Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do About It)
Our Electoral System is Fundamentally Flawed, But There's a Simple and Fair Solution At least five U.S. presidential elections have been won by the se...
Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle - How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, employers are using tough and tricky questions to gauge job candidates' intelligence, imagination, and problem-sol...
The Formula Transforming What We Know About Life and the Universe
How do you predict something that has never happened before? There's a useful calculation being employed by Wall Street, Silicon Valley and maths prof...
Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
Trick Questions, Zen-Like Riddles, Insanely Difficult Puzzles, and Other Devious Interviewing Techniques You Need to Know to Get a Job Anywhere in the New Economy
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' If you want to work at Google...
Dispatches from a Post-fact World
What is the point of knowing anything when facts are so easy to look up? Just reach for your computer, tablet or mobile and ask the sky. We're living ...
Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want
How to succeed at interview mind games and win job offers at A‑list companies, with 60 devious and difficult questions, puzzles, and brain teasers -...
The Power of Knowledge in the Age of Google
What's the point of knowing anything when facts are so easy to look up? Just reach for your computer, tablet or mobile and ask the sky. We're living i...