The black swan
by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0141034599
- ISBN 13
- 9780141034591
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About This Item
Mass Market Paperback. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd. | 2008 | Mass Market Paperback | 366 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: 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? And, 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. | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery.
Synopsis
From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life.
Reviews
On Mar 27 2009, Jos99 said:
readable from start to finish; a revealing vision on dealing with (un)certanties like tsunami's, financial crises and the world at large, taking the unpredictable for granted. Highly commended.
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- Bookseller
- h:strom - Text & Kultur AB / Antikvariat & Bokhandel (SE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB-128102410
- Title
- The black swan
- Author
- Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0141034599
- ISBN 13
- 9780141034591
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Händelser, prognostiker, sannolikhet, svarta svanar, osäkerhet
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