The black swan

the impact of the highly improbable

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The black swan

the impact of the highly improbable

1st ed.
  • 3.9 (27 ratings) ·
  • 239 Want to read
  • 12 Currently reading
  • 42 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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Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Pages
366

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The Black Swan: the impact of the highly improbable
2010, Penguin Books
Cover of: The Black Swan
The Black Swan
2010, Random House Publishing Group
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Cover of: The Black Swan
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
June 10, 2008, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Cover of: The black swan
The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable
2007, Random House
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

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

Published in
New York

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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