A black swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable yet causes massive consequences. In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, Taleb shows in a playful way that Black Swan events explain almost everything about our world, and yet we—especially the experts—are blind to them. In this second edition, Taleb has added a new essay, On Robustness and Fragility, which offers tools to navigate and exploit a Black Swan world.
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Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks; 2 edition (May 11 2010)
Language : English
Paperback : 480 pages
ISBN-10 : 081297381X
ISBN-13 : 978-0812973815
Item weight : 1.05 kg
Dimensions : 13.08 x 2.54 x 20.19 cm
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