The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty 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? 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'Funny, quirky and thought-provoking ... confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst, George Soros and aspirant despot' John Cornwell, Sunday Times'Idiosyncratically brilliant' Niall Ferguson, Sunday Telegraph'Great fun ... brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious, cajoling' Stephen J. Dubner, Co-Author of Freakonomics

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ISBN/EAN 9780141034591
Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher Penguin
Publication date 28 Feb 2008
Format Paperback
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The Black Swan : The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty.

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