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Paul Hoffman




Paul Hoffman

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Paul Hoffman (born 1956) is a prominent author and host of the PBS television series Great Minds of Science. He was president and editor in chief of Discover, in a ten-year tenure with that magazine, and served as president and publisher of Encyclopaedia Britannica before returning full-time to writing and consulting work.

He lives in Woodstock, New York. Author of at least ten books, he has appeared on CBS This Morning and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer as a correspondent. Hoffman is also a puzzlemaster using the pseudonym Dr. Crypton. He designed the puzzle in the 1984 book Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse. He also designed the treasure map in the 1984 film, Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, ...more




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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers... The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdös and the Search for Mathematical Truth
by Paul Hoffman
avg rating 4.09 — 369 ratings — published 1998
6 editions
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King's Gambit: A Son, a Father... King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game
by Paul Hoffman
avg rating 3.71 — 41 ratings — published 2007
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Wings of Madness: Alberto Sant... Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight
by Paul Hoffman
avg rating 3.73 — 11 ratings — published 2003
4 editions
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Archimedes' Revenge: The Joys... Archimedes' Revenge: The Joys and Perils of Mathematics
by Paul Hoffman
avg rating 3.89 — 9 ratings — published 1988
5 editions
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The Wisdom of Crocodiles The Wisdom of Crocodiles
by Paul Hoffman
avg rating 3.89 — 9 ratings — published 2000
2 editions
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Perl for Dummies Perl for Dummies
by Paul Hoffman
avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published 1997
4 editions
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To Drop a Dime To Drop a Dime
by Paul Hoffman
avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 1976
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The Golden Age of Censorship The Golden Age of Censorship
by Paul Hoffman
avg rating 2.67 — 3 ratings — published 2007
2 editions
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Netscape Communicator 4 for Du... Netscape Communicator 4 for Dummies
by Paul Hoffman
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1997
2 editions
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Synoptic Concordance: A Greek... Synoptic Concordance: A Greek Concordance to the First Three Gospels in Synoptic Arrangement, Statistically Evaluated, Including Occurrences in Acts) (Synoptic Corcordance)
by Paul Hoffman
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1999
2 editions
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