How to Predict Everything von Poundstone, William

Microsoft's interview process is a notoriously grueling sequence of questions that separate creative thinkers from the merely brilliant. This book reveals for the first time more than 35 of Microsoft's puzzles and riddles, and supplies...

The first expose of the multimillion dollar industry of price consultants, packed with fascinating psychological studies about our irrationality when it comes to interpreting price. It explains the secrets behind the pricing of...

"Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street" von William Poundstone erzählt die faszinierende Geschichte der Kelly-Formel, einer mathematischen Strategie zur Maximierung des...

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. Unfortunately, there is disagreement over how to...