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The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto) by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas is a mathematics available to read on EtoBox.

<p><b>The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty</b><br><br>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? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? <br><br>This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is hu

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Author
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE-UK;Random House Publishing Group
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9781588365835
Category
mathematics
Subjects
Business, Finance, Computer Science