Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Random House
Keywords: improbable, highly, impact, swan, black
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2007-04-17
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 1400063515
ISBN-13: 9781400063512

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.Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is that humans are hard

Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Texere
Keywords: chance, markets, life, role, hidden, randomness, revision, available, fooled
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2004-03-12
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 1587991845
ISBN-13: 9781587991844

Selected by Amazon.com and The Financial Times as one of the best business books of the year, Fooled by Randomness is an instant classic. Already published in 14 languages, the book?s title has entered our vocabulary. After reading the excitement expressed below for Fooled by Randomness one realizes that its world-wide bestseller status is no random event. This book is about luck ? or more precisely how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. It is already a landmark work and its title has entered our vocabulary. In its second edition, Fooled by Randomness is now a cornerstone fo

Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Recorded Books
Keywords: improbable, highly, impact, swan, black
Published: 2007-08
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 1428166556
ISBN-13: 9781428166554

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.Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is that humans are hard

Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Keywords: des, finanzmarkten, und, german, den, lebens, glucks, zufalls, verborgene, rolle, narren
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2008-09-03
List price: $18.07
ISBN-10: 352750432X
ISBN-13: 9783527504329

Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Paidos Iberica Ediciones S a
Keywords: paidos, markets, chance, life, transiciones, spanish, transitions, role, hidden, randomness, fooled, suerte, las, trampas, azar, del, existe
Number of Pages: 348
Published: 2009-03-02
List price: $38.95
ISBN-10: 8449322251
ISBN-13: 9788449322259

Author: TALEB NASSIM NICHOLAS
Publisher: PAIDOS
Keywords: spanish, gro, cisne
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2009
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 8449321891
ISBN-13: 9788449321894

Author: Nassim Nicholas Tale
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperback
Keywords: life, markets, chance, role, randomness, hidden, fooled
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2005-08-23
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0812975219
ISBN-13: 9780812975215

If the prescriptions for getting rich that are outlined in books such as The Millionaire Next Door and Rich Dad Poor Dad are successful enough to make the books bestsellers, then one must ask, Why aren’t there more millionaires? In Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a professional trader and mathematics professor, examines what randomness means in business and in life and why human beings are so prone to mistake dumb luck for consummate skill. This eccentric and highly personal exploration of the nature of randomness meanders from the court of Croesus and trading rooms in New Y