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William Poundstone

About the Author

William Poundstone is the author of fourteen books — including Rock Breaks ScissorsAre You Smart Enough to Work at Google?How Would You Move Mount Fuji?, and Fortune’s Formula, which was Amazon Editor’s pick for the number one nonfiction book of the year. He has written for the Believer, the EconomistEncyclopaedia BritannicaEsquireHarper’sHarvard Business Review, the New York Times op-ed page and Book Review, and Village Voice. Follow Poundstone on Twitter (@WPoundstone) and learn more at his website, home.williampoundstone.net

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