The Black Swan [electronic resource] : The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, 1960-2008
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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? 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.
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The Black Swan [electronic resource] : The Impact of the Highly Improbable / Taleb, Nassim Nicholas.
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[S.l.] : Penguin Books Ltd, 2008.
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1 online resource480 p.
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Electronic book.Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Penguin Books Ltd 2008 Available via World Wide Web.
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9780141906201
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English
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657949