Paul Hoffman

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 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 "". He also designed the treasure map in the 1984 film, "Romancing the Stone", starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. Hoffman holds a B.A. degree summa cum laude from Harvard. He is the winner of the first National Magazine Award for Feature Writing and is a member of the American 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 of Paul 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 0-140-08043-0

External links

* [http://thephtest.com/paulhoffman_bio.html Paul Hoffman's bio]
* [http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com Paul Hoffman's blog]


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