Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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- Released
- 09/05/2010
- Book Genre
- Philosophy
Description
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? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? And, 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. A rallying cry to ignore the 'experts', The Black Swan shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty.
Product Details
- Book Format
- Paperback
- Contributing Authors
- Nicholas Nassim Taleb
- Book Publisher
- PENGUIN (PRESS UK)
- Number of Pages
- 400
- Dimensions
- 129 x 198 x 29 mm
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
