| Publication |
London, Penguin Books, 2010.
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| Description |
xxxiii, 444pOrange Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
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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| Standard Number |
9780141034591 Pb.
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