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Book Notes: Big Secrets

Started by webomatica · 10 months ago

Big Secrets by William Poundstone is an old book, but I still enjoy skimming through it every few years. The author did research into obscure subjects people don't want you to know about. This is different from mysteries, which nobody knows the truth - there are no Loch Ness monster tales. Thi ... Continue reading »

4 comments

  • Novice

    1 year ago

    This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title. Thanks for informative article.
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  • Urbanist

    1 year ago

    I am, I admit, sad to learn that Walt isn't frozen ... I would have liked to see what he had to say about contemporary animation techniques ;)
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  • papa

    1 year ago

    Fun book. Though I must admit, books like these have largely been replaced by links to the weird and wonderful via sites like fark, reddit and boinboing for me.

    Still, I remember borrowing Greg William's copies of these two books repeatedly during high school and college.
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  • webomatica

    1 year ago

    These are definitely old books - I think what I still find kinda neat is how the author does a little bit of investigative journalism for some of these secrets. Of course nowadays people do it on their own, they get a link to digg, enjoy their five minutes of fame, and are then completely forgotten about in the ever changing world that is the Internets as everyone moves onto the next hilarious link.
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