An edition of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2005)

The black swan

the impact of the highly improbable

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An edition of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2005)

The black swan

the impact of the highly improbable

1st ed.

by , , , and

  • ★★★ ★ 3.8 (28 ratings) ·
  • 268 Want to read
  • 14 Currently reading
  • 44 Have read

ABOUT THIS BOOK

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
366

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Ereignis, nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2010-05-09, Prévision, New York Times bestseller, Business, Social aspects, Philosophy, Informationstheorie, Teoria da informação (aspectos sociais), Prognose, Incertitude (Théorie de l'information), Aspect social, Wahrscheinlichkeit, Forecasting, Probability, Uncertainty (Information theory), Social aspects of Uncertainty (Information theory), Ungewissheit, Sozialpsychologie, Nonfiction, New York Times reviewed, Informationsteori, Uncertainty (information theory)--social aspects, Incertitude (théorie de l'information)--aspect social, Q375 .t35 2010, 003/.54

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2010, Random House Publishing Group
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The Black Swan: the impact of the highly improbable
2010, Penguin Books
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The black swan
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
June 10, 2008, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable
2007, Random House
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-358) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
003/.54
Library of Congress
Q375 .T35 2007, Q375.T35 2007

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Pagination
xxviii, 366 p. :
Number of pages
366

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OL17969527M
ISBN 13
9781400063512
LCCN
2006051093
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71833470
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OL3295030W

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From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life.

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