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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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 title deals with this questions.
480 pages, Illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 28, 2008 |
ISBN13 | 9780141034591 |
Publishers | Penguin Books Ltd |
Pages | 480 |
Dimensions | 129 × 197 × 28 mm · 350 g |
Language | English |
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