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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
978-0-141-03459-1 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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IZA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas |
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4963 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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revised edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
London et al., |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Penguin Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
444 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty<br/><br/>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? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper?<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>'Taleb is a bouncy and even exhilarating guide ... I came to relish what he said, and even develop a sneaking affection for him as a person' Will Self, Independent on Sunday<br/><br/>'He leaps like some superhero of the mind' Boyd Tonkin, Independent<br/><br/>'Funny, quirky and thought-provoking ... confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst, George Soros and aspirant despot' John Cornwell, Sunday Times<br/><br/>'Idiosyncratically brilliant' Niall Ferguson, Sunday Telegraph<br/><br/>'Great fun ... brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious, cajoling' Stephen J. Dubner, Co-Author of Freakonomics |
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prediction |
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economics |
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information theory |
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probability |
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probability |
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Monography |
