Overview

There’s a useful calculation being used by Wall Street, Silicon Valley and maths professors all over the world, and it predicts that the human race has only 760 years left to live. Using its formula, we can look at the world around us with new eyes. 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 all doomed?

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`True fact: people who read Poundstone's extraordinary books are smarter (and happier) than people who don't.' -- Seth Godin, author of <i>The Icarus Deception</i> `Poundstone is a smart thinker, a deft writer and a spinner of engaging tales.' -- Tim Harford, <i>Financial Times</i>' Undercover Economist and presenter of BBC Radio 4's <i>More or Less</i>

`One of the best science writers of our time has taken on one of the most interesting and important subjects of all time - how to predict the future under great uncertainty... A gripping read.' -- Michael Shermer, author of <i>Heavens on Earth</i> `A very interesting and definitive book on this subject.' -- J. Richard Gott, astrophysicist and author of <i>The Cosmic Web</i>

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William Poundstone is the author of fourteen books, including the international bestseller Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? He lives in Los Angeles.

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