Discover how everyday pricing strategies are designed to manipulate us and how to fight back 'An instructive and entertaining romp.' DANIEL KAHNEMAN, AUTHOR OF THINKING, FAST AND SLOW 'Poundstone is your savvy, witty guide to saving the pound
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Discover how everyday pricing strategies are designed to manipulate us and how to fight back 'An instructive and entertaining romp.' DANIEL KAHNEMAN, AUTHOR OF THINKING, FAST AND SLOW 'Poundstone is your savvy, witty guide to saving the pound
Pit your brains against the taxing riddles used by the world's best companies to select their staff THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Subtle and sophisticated... you will love this book.' Observer You are shrunk to the height of a penny and thrown
How do you predict something that has never happened before? There's a useful calculation being employed by Wall Street, Silicon Valley and maths professors all over the world, and it predicts that the human species will become extinct in 760 years. U
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, or any of America's best companies, you need to have an answer to this and other puzzling questions
In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age, whose genius is ranked with Einstein's. The other was John L. Kelly Jr., a Texas-born, gun-t
An updated edition of the classic book that introduced the world to the controversial money-making formula known as the Kelly system. In 1956, two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was the mathematician Claude Sh
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 we know about life, business, and the universe. In the 18th century, the British minister and mathemati