The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertaintyWhat 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? 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. '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'He leaps like some superhero of the mind' Boyd Tonkin, Independent
 

Sprog Engelsk
Forfatter Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Originalsprog Engelsk
Indbinding/omslag Paperback
Udgivelsesdato 28-02-2008
ISBN 9780141034591
Antal sider 480
Vægt (gram) 350
Bredde (mm) 129
Højde (mm) 197
Dybde/Tykkelse (mm) 28
Publisher Penguin Books

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