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.
Early life and education Poundstone attended MIT and studied physics.
Personal life 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).
He is a cousin of comedian Paula Poundstone.
Bibliography
reprints Big Secrets and Biggest Secrets
Released as How to Predict Everything in the UK Description & arrow/scrollable preview. Also summarized in Poundstone's essay, "Math Says Humanity May Have Just 760 Years Left," Wall Street Journal, updated June 27, 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
References
External links
Fortune's Formula official site William Poundstone's talk at Skeptics Distinguished Lecture Series (Video)