The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

9780141034591
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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



PRODUCT DETAILS :
ISBN : 9780141034591
BY (AUTHOR) Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
PUBLISHER : Penguin Books Ltd PUBLICATION DATE : February 28, 2008
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Penguin Books Ltd
LANGUAGE : English AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm
WEIGHT : 348 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Mathematics & Science
Philosophy & Religion
Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects

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