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Häftad, Engelska, 2025
253 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 201184 kr
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The inside story on institutional secrets, including the formula for Coca-Cola, how to beat a lie detector, currency conspiracies, and other hidden facts.Are there really secret backward messages in rock music, or is somebody nuts? We tested suspect tunes at a recording studio to find out.What goes on at Freemason initiations? Here’s the whole story, including—yes!—the electric carpet.Colonel Sanders boasted that Kentucky Fried Chicken’s eleven secret herbs and spices “stand on everybody’s shelf.” We got a sample of the seasoning mix and sent it to a food chemist for analysis.Feverish rumor has it that Walt Disney’s body was frozen and now lies in a secret cryonic vault somewhere beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit at Disneyland. Read the certified stranger-than-fiction truth.Don’t bother trying to figure out how Doug Henning, David Copperfield, and Harry Blackstone, Jr., perform their illusions. Big Secrets has complete explanations and diagrams—nothing left to the imagination.
E-bok
Engelska, 2011164 kr
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Critical Acclaim for Prisoner''s Dilemma"The real originality of PRISONER''S DILEMMA lies in its colorful synthesis of logical material and historical and biographical narration [which] takes us in parallel lines through cold war history, strategic games of the nuclear age and the life of von Neumann . . . Lively, open and multifaceted."—New York Times Book Review"Poundstone deftly intertwines the development of game theory with the biography of its founder, who was considered by many the most intelligent person alive. Poundstone does a superb job of relating the insights of game theory to real-world conflicts."—Washington Times"An absolute, mind-blowing page turner . . . Poundstone writes with real verve and he takes very technical concepts and makes them perfectly clear and insightful. PRISONER''S DILEMMA is the latest title from one of the best sciece/contemporary thought writers we have in the English language."—The Coast Book Review"Explains game theory lucidly, reveals some hair-raising post-war governmental skullduggery, and brings to life one of history''s foremost mathematicians."—Los Angeles Times"Very readable . . . Fascinating, thought-provoking, and easily accessible to the layperson."—Library Journal
E-bok
Engelska, 201171 kr
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This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which logical argument leads to contradiction and common sense is seemingly rendered irrelevant.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
253 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2015
273 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2017
214 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2014
129 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2020
281 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2004
289 kr
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Microsoft's interview process is a notoriously gruelling sequence of brain-busting questions that separate the most creative thinkers from the merely brilliant. So effective is their technique that other leading corporations - from the high-tech industry to consulting and financial services - are modelling their own hiring practices on Bill Gates' unique approach. HOW WOULD YOU MOVE MOUNT FUJI? reveals for the first time more than 35 of Microsoft's puzzles and riddles, such as: * Why does a mirror reverse right and left but not up and down? * If you could eliminate one U.S. state, which would it be? * How many piano tuners are there in the world? And for the first time, this book supplies answers and approaches using creative analytical thinking that works. Anyone in business, and everyone who wants to be, will find this book a valuable new approach to hiring, identifying talent in an organization, and getting the job of a lifetime.
E-bok
Engelska, 2010179 kr
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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-toting physicist. Together they applied the science of information theory—the basis of computers and the Internet—to the problem of making as much money as possible, as fast as possible.Shannon and MIT mathematician Edward O. Thorp took the "Kelly formula" to Las Vegas. It worked. They realized that there was even more money to be made in the stock market. Thorp used the Kelly system with his phenomenally successful hedge fund, Princeton-Newport Partners. Shannon became a successful investor, too, topping even Warren Buffett''s rate of return. Fortune''s Formula traces how the Kelly formula sparked controversy even as it made fortunes at racetracks, casinos, and trading desks. It reveals the dark side of this alluring scheme, which is founded on exploiting an insider''s edge.Shannon believed it was possible for a smart investor to beat the market—and William Poundstone''s Fortune''s Formula will convince you that he was right.
Häftad, Engelska, 1991
269 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 1993
165 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2013
220 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2009
295 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 202185 kr
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‘An entertaining book we can all enjoy… highly informative and amusing.’ Daily Mail ‘Full of valuable insight…this is a must-read for those looking to nail their next interview.’ Publishers Weekly How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? explores the new world of interviewing at A-list employers like Apple, Netflix and Amazon. It reveals more than 70 outrageously perplexing riddles and puzzles and supplies both answers and general strategy for creative problem-solving. Questions like: Today is Tuesday. What day of the week will it be 10 years from now on this date? How would you empty a plane full of Skittles? How many times would you have to scoop the ocean with a bucket to cause sea levels to drop one foot? You have a broken calculator. The only number key that works is the 0. All the operator keys work. How can you get the number 24? How many dogs have the exact same number of hairs?
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
109 kr
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‘An entertaining book we can all enjoy… highly informative and amusing.’ Daily Mail‘Full of valuable insight…this is a must-read for those looking to nail their next interview.’ Publishers WeeklyHow Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? explores the new world of interviewing at A-list employers like Apple, Netflix and Amazon. It reveals more than 70 outrageously perplexing riddles and puzzles and supplies both answers and general strategy for creative problem-solving.Questions like:Today is Tuesday. What day of the week will it be 10 years from now on this date?How would you empty a plane full of Skittles?How many times would you have to scoop the ocean with a bucket to cause sea levels to drop one foot?You have a broken calculator. The only number key that works is the 0. All the operator keys work. How can you get the number 24?How many dogs have the exact same number of hairs?
E-bok
Engelska, 2010170 kr
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Uncover the Hidden Psychology of Value and Master the Art of Pricing StrategyIn Priceless, bestselling author William Poundstone reveals the hidden psychology of value. Drawing from psychological experiments, Poundstone shows how people are unable to accurately estimate "fair" prices and are strongly influenced by unconscious, irrational, and politically incorrect factors. Marketers have quickly applied these findings, with "price consultants" advising retailers on how to convince consumers to pay more for less, and negotiation coaches offering similar advice for businesspeople cutting deals.The new psychology of price dictates the design of price tags, menus, rebates, "sale" ads, cell phone plans, supermarket aisles, real estate offers, wage packages, tort demands, and corporate buyouts. Prices are the most pervasive hidden persuaders of all. Rooted in the emerging field of behavioral decision theory, Priceless is an indispensable guide for anyone who negotiates, from consumers to entrepreneurs to corporate executives. Uncover the secrets behind pricing strategies and gain a valuable edge in any negotiation or market transaction.
E-bok
Engelska, 201171 kr
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The first book to reveal how everday pricing strategies manipulate us Why do text messages cost money while emails are free? Why do cereal packets keep getting smaller? Why do department stores have a few extortionate goods that no one will buy? Why do so many prices end in 9?In Priceless, bestselling author William Poundstone reveals the hidden psychology of value and explores how we react to the most pervasive persuader of all: price. Charting the burgeoning growth of price-consultants who advise retailers from Nike to Nokia, Poundstone shows how behavioural decision theory has revolutionised the pricing strategies of major corporations. Informed by fascinating behavioural experiments and packed with real-life examples, Priceless explains why prices are so important, and the tricks that companies use to sell their goods. It will prove indispensable to anyone who buys, sells, or negotiates.
E-bok
Engelska, 201271 kr
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Pit your brains against the taxing riddles used by the world's best companies to select their staffTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Subtle and sophisticated... you will love this book.' ObserverYou are shrunk to the height of a penny and thrown in a blender. The blades start moving in sixty seconds. What do you do? If you want to work at Google, or any of the world’s top employers, you’ll need to have a convincing answer to this and countless other baffling puzzles.Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? Reveals the new extreme interview questions in the hypercompetitive job-market and uncovers the extraordinary lengths to which the best companies will go to find the right staff. Bestselling author William Poundstone guides readers through the surprising solutions to over a hundred of the most challenging conundrums used in interviews, as well as covering the importance of creative thinking, what your Facebook page says about you, and what really goes on inside the Googleplex. How will you fare?
E-bok
Engelska, 201471 kr
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We are hard-wired to believe that the world is more predictable than it is. We chase ‘winning streaks’ that are often just illusions, and we are all too predictable exactly when we try hardest not to be. In the 1970s, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky coined the phrase ‘representativeness’ to describe the psychology of this behaviour. Since then representativeness has been used by auditors to catch people fiddling their tax returns and by hedge fund managers to reap billions from the emotions of small investors. Now Poundstone for the first time makes these techniques fun, easy, and profitable for everyone, in the everyday situations that matter. You’ll learn how to tackle multiple choice tests, what internet passwords to avoid, how to up your odds of winning the office Premier League sweepstakes, and the best ways to invest your money.
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
114 kr
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We are hard-wired to believe that the world is more predictable than it is. We chase ‘winning streaks’ that are often just illusions, and we are all too predictable exactly when we try hardest not to be.In the 1970s, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky coined the phrase ‘representativeness’ to describe the psychology of this behaviour. Since then representativeness has been used by auditors to catch people fiddling their tax returns and by hedge fund managers to reap billions from the emotions of small investors. Now Poundstone for the first time makes these techniques fun, easy, and profitable for everyone, in the everyday situations that matter. You’ll learn how to tackle multiple choice tests, what internet passwords to avoid, how to up your odds of winning the office Premier League sweepstakes, and the best ways to invest your money.
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
99 kr
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Never before have we had so much information at our fingertips. You might think that we are better-informed than ever, but there’s one thing we can’t ask Google: ‘What should I be googling?’The way we consume information in the digital age has been blamed for driving political polarisation and leaving us unable to agree on basic facts. It’s also making us stupider. Personalised news feeds and social media echo chambers narrow our potential knowledge base. By now, we don’t even know what we don’t know.In Head in the Cloud, William Poundstone investigates the true worth of knowledge. An entertaining manifesto underpinned by big data analysis and illustrated by eye-opening anecdotes, it reveals the surprising benefits of broadening your horizons and provides an unnerving look at the consequences of being ill-informed.
E-bok
Engelska, 201771 kr
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Never before have we had so much information at our fingertips. You might think that we are better-informed than ever, but there’s one thing we can’t ask Google: ‘What should I be googling?’ The way we consume information in the digital age has been blamed for driving political polarisation and leaving us unable to agree on basic facts. It’s also making us stupider. Personalised news feeds and social media echo chambers narrow our potential knowledge base. By now, we don’t even know what we don’t know. In Head in the Cloud, William Poundstone investigates the true worth of knowledge. An entertaining manifesto underpinned by big data analysis and illustrated by eye-opening anecdotes, it reveals the surprising benefits of broadening your horizons and provides an unnerving look at the consequences of being ill-informed.
E-bok
Engelska, 201985 kr
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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. Unfortunately, there is disagreement over how to apply the formula, and some argue that we might only have twenty years left. Originally devised by British clergyman Thomas Bayes, the theorem languished in obscurity for two hundred years before being resurrected as the lynchpin of the digital economy. With brief detours into archaeology, philology, and overdue library books, William Poundstone explains how we can use it to predict pretty much anything. What is the chance that there are multiple universes? How long will Hamilton run? Will the US stock market continue to perform as well this century as it has for the last hundred years? And are we really all doomed?
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
119 kr
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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. Unfortunately, there is disagreement over how to apply the formula, and some argue that we might only have twenty years left.Originally devised by British clergyman Thomas Bayes, the theorem languished in obscurity for two hundred years before being resurrected as the lynchpin of the digital economy. With brief detours into archaeology, philology, and overdue library books, William Poundstone explains how we can use it to predict pretty much anything. What is the chance that there are multiple universes? How long will Hamilton run? Will the US stock market continue to perform as well this century as it has for the last hundred years? And are we really all doomed?
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
129 kr
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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 in your purse.' THE TIMESIn Priceless, bestselling author William Poundstone reveals the hidden psychology of value and explores how we react to the most pervasive persuader of all: price. Charting the burgeoning growth of price-consultants who advise retailers from Nike to Nokia, Poundstone shows how behavioural decision theory has revolutionised the pricing strategies of major corporations.Informed by fascinating behavioural experiments and packed with real-life examples, Priceless explains why prices are so important, and the tricks that companies use to sell their goods. It will prove indispensable toanyone who buys, sells, or negotiates.Poundstone reveals:Why it is so many prices end in 9.How it is that text messages cost money, but emails remain free.The real reason cereal packets keep getting smaller... and smaller...
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
120 kr
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Pit your brains against the taxing riddles used by the world's best companies to select their staffTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Subtle and sophisticated... you will love this book.' ObserverYou are shrunk to the height of a penny and thrown in a blender. The blades start moving in sixty seconds. What do you do? If you want to work at Google, or any of the world’s top employers, you’ll need to have a convincing answer to this and countless other baffling puzzles.Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? Reveals the new extreme interview questions in the hypercompetitive job-market and uncovers the extraordinary lengths to which the best companies will go to find the right staff. Bestselling author William Poundstone guides readers through the surprising solutions to over a hundred of the most challenging conundrums used in interviews, as well as covering the importance of creative thinking, what your Facebook page says about you, and what really goes on inside the Googleplex. How will you fare?
E-bok
Ryska, 201470 kr
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Pered vami prakticheskoe rukovodstvo: kak poluchat'' vygodu ot predskazuemogo povedeniya drugih lyudej i ispol''zovat'' ehto umenie v povsednevnoj zhizni. Prochitav ehtu knigu, vy uznaete, kak predugadyvat'' dejstviya druzej, nachal''nikov, prepodavatelej, konkurentov i prosto okruzhayushchih. Bol''shinstvo lyudej zaprogrammirovany sovershat'' opredelennyj «vybor» i sledovat'' prostym tendenciyam, a potomu ih povedenie predskazuemo dazhe togda, kogda oni starayutsya byt'' original''nymi.Uil''yam Paundstoun obladaet darom izvlekat'' iz psihologii i povedencheskoj ehkonomiki prakticheskie sovety i dokazyvaet: prognozirovat'' legko, priyatno, a inogda i pribyl''no!