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ABOUT THIS BOOK A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.
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The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- The Black Swan
- Subtitle
- The Impact of the Highly Improbable
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1400063515
- ISBN13
- 9781400063512
- Series
- Incerto
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Business, Business & Management, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Science, Economics, Finance, Events, Probability, September 11, 2001, Coincidences
- First published
- 2007
- Original title
- The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
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- ABOUT THIS BOOK A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.