The black swan : the impact of the highly improbable
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas2008
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Total copies: 1
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? And, what can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? This book shows us how to stop trying to predict everything and take advantage of uncertainty.
Main title:
The black swan : the impact of the highly improbable / Nassam Nicholas Taleb.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, Limited, 2008. c2007.
Collation:
400 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
0141034599 (pbk)9780141034591 (pbk)
Dewey class:
003.54
Language:
English
BRN:
174978