William Poundstone
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The Doomsday Calculation
- How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
In the 18th century, the British minister and mathematician Thomas Bayes devised a theorem that allowed him to assign probabilities to events that had never happened before. It languished in obscurity for centuries until computers came along and made it easy to crunch the numbers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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incredible.
- By Ben T. on 05-22-21
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The Doomsday Calculation
- How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 10-15-19
- Language: English
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Fortune's Formula
- The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 348
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 287
In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Could be MUCH shorter
- By Michael on 11-08-17
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Fortune's Formula
- The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-20-17
- Language: English
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Prisoner's Dilemma
- John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
Should you watch public television without pledging? Exceed the posted speed limit? Hop a subway turnstile without paying? These questions illustrate the "prisoner's dilemma", a social puzzle that we all face every day....
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Prisoner's Dilemma
- John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 12-26-23
- Language: English
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Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?
- Trick Questions, Zen-like Riddles, Insanely Difficult Puzzles, and Other Devious Interviewing Techniques You Need to Know to Get a Job in the New Economy
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 82
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 84
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....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fun, but not in Audio...
- By Michael on 01-09-12
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Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?
- Trick Questions, Zen-like Riddles, Insanely Difficult Puzzles, and Other Devious Interviewing Techniques You Need to Know to Get a Job in the New Economy
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-04-12
- Language: English
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Rock Breaks Scissors
- A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 80
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 76
A practical guide to outguessing everything from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very dry but worth the read
- By Luke on 07-28-14
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Rock Breaks Scissors
- A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-03-14
- Language: English
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How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?
- Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Each year about 28 million Americans begin a search for a new job. Millions more live in the age of the permanent job search, their online profiles eternally awaiting a better offer. Job seekers are more mobile and better informed than ever....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A fantastic listen if you like puzzles and math!
- By boy Graham on 07-31-21
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How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?
- Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 07-20-21
- Language: English
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Head in the Cloud
- Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up
- By: William Poundstone
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17
How important is it to fill our heads with facts? A few keystrokes can summon any information in seconds. Why should we bother learning facts at all? William Poundstone confronts that question....
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Head in the Cloud
- Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 07-19-16
- Language: English
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