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

  • ★★★ ★ 3.85 ·
  • 27 Ratings
  • 200 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 41 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
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English
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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, Uncertainty (information theory), Informationsteori, Uncertainty (information theory)--social aspects, Incertitude (théorie de l'information)--aspect social, Q375 .t35 2010, 003/.54
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New York

Edition Notes

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

Classifications

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

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxviii, 366 p. :
Number of pages
366

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17969527M
Internet Archive
blackswanimpacto00tale
ISBN 13
9781400063512
LCCN
2006051093
OCLC/WorldCat
71833470
Library Thing
1525031
Goodreads
242472

Work Description

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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