- Paul Hoffman
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 inWoodstock, New York . Author of at least ten books, he has appeared on "CBS This Morning" and "The NewsHour withJim Lehrer " as a correspondent. Hoffman is also apuzzlemaster using thepseudonym Dr. Crypton. He designed the puzzle in the 1984 book "". He also designed the treasure map in the 1984 film, "Romancing the Stone ", starringMichael Douglas ,Kathleen Turner , andDanny DeVito . Hoffman holds a B.A. degreesumma cum laude from Harvard. He is the winner of the firstNational Magazine Award for Feature Writing and is a member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences .Partial bibliography
*cite book | author=Hoffman, Paul | title=King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game | publisher=
Hyperion Books | location=New York | year=2007 | id=ISBN 1-401-30097-9
*cite book | author=Hoffman, Paul | title=Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight | publisher=Hyperion Books | year=2003 | id=ISBN 0-786-88571-8
*cite book | author=Hoffman, Paul | title=The Man Who Loved Only Numbers : The Story ofPaul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth | publisher=Hyperion Books | location=New York | year=1998 | id=ISBN 0-786-88406-1
*cite book | author=Hoffman, Paul | title=Archimedes' Revenge: The Joys and Perils of Mathematics | publisher=Fawcett Colombine | location=New York | year=1988 | id=ISBN 0-449-00089-3
*cite book | author=Crypton, Dr. | title=Timid Virgins Make Dull Company and Other Puzzles, Pitfalls, and Paradoxes | publisher=Penguin Books | location=New York | year=1985 | id=ISBN 0-140-08043-0External links
* [http://thephtest.com/paulhoffman_bio.html Paul Hoffman's bio]
* [http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com Paul Hoffman's blog]
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