The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb

Q: The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb

Full Title: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Author: Nassim Taleb Publisher/Date: Random House (2007) List Cost/Pages: $28 Hardcover / 366 pages Cover Notes: A black swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable yet causes massive consequences. In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, Taleb shows in a playful way that Black Swan events explain almost everything about our world, and yet we-especially the experts-are blind to them. In this second edition, Taleb has added a new essay, On Robustness and Fragility, which offers tools to navigate and exploit a Black Swan world.

Full Title: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Author: Nassim Taleb

Publisher/Date: Random House (2007)

List Cost/Pages: $28 Hardcover / 366 pages

Cover Notes:
A black swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable yet causes massive consequences. In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, Taleb shows in a playful way that Black Swan events explain almost everything about our world, and yet we-especially the experts-are blind to them. In this second edition, Taleb has added a new essay, On Robustness and Fragility, which offers tools to navigate and exploit a Black Swan world.

David Stendahl2015-10-08T13:41:53-04:00

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The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb

The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb

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