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
  • 222 Want to read
  • 11 Currently reading
  • 42 Have read

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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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, 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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2007, Random House
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Table of Contents

Part one - Umberto Eco's antilibrary, or how we seek validation
Part two - We just can't predict
Part three - Thos gray swans of extremistan
Part four - The end.

Edition Notes

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

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Pagination
xxviii, 366 p. :
Number of pages
366

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OL23276245M
ISBN 10
1400063515
ISBN 13
9781400063512
LCCN
2006051093
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1525031
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June 22, 2014 Edited by HM Added new cover
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May 29, 2009 Created by ImportBot Imported from Collingswood Public Library record