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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything – and take advantage of uncertainty
What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper?
This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they’re impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them.
‘Taleb is a bouncy and even exhilarating guide … I came to relish what he said, and even develop a sneaking affection for him as a person’ Will Self, Independent on Sunday
‘He leaps like some superhero of the mind’ Boyd Tonkin, Independent
ISBN 13: 9780141034591
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Author(s) | Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
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Format | Paperback / softback |
ISBN 13 | 9780141034591 |
Pages | 480 |
ISBN 10 | 0141034599 |
Publisher | Penguin |
Weight | 348 g |
Publication Date | 28-02-2008 |
Dewey | 191 |
Categories | Secondary, Non Fiction, Business & Economics |