Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody

by William Poundstone

Book Overview

A practical guide to outguessing everything, from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market.

People are predictable even when they try not to be. William Poundstone demonstrates how to turn this fact to personal advantage in scores of everyday situations, from playing the lottery to buying a home. Rock Breaks Scissors is mind-reading for real life.

Will the next tennis serve go right or left?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316228060
• ISBN13: 9780316228060
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.5"