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The Black Swan The Impact Of The Highly Improbable

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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 ab...

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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. 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

Detaljer

Forlag
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN
9780141034591
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
480
Udgivelsesdato
28-02-2008
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
1603958
EAN nr.
9780141034591
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
28
Bredde (mm)
197
Længde (mm)
129
Vægt (g)
348

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