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 enthusiast of Harry Stephen Keeler, he 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)
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American columnists American biographers American information and reference writers American skeptics Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni