The Black Swan

The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Penguin
01 June 2008

Information theory; Psychology

"A condensed guide to life from the bestselling author of The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb's The Bed of Procrustes is an invaluable collection of aphorisms navigate the modern world

Why are we so often unwilling to accept that life is unpredictable? In this brilliant book Nassim Nicholas Taleb distils his idiosyncratic wisdom to demolish our illusions, contrasting the classical values of courage, elegance and erudition against modern philistinism and phoniness. Only by accepting what we don't know, he shows, can we see the world as it really is.

'Happily provocative ... blistering ... his observations concern superiority, wealth, suckerdom, academia, modernity, technology and the all-purpose, ignorant ""they"" ... very quotable' -

The New York Times"

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 348g
ISBN: 9780141034591
ISBN 10: 0141034599
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 01 June 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nassim Nicholas Taleb spends most of his time as a flaneur, meditating in cafes across the planet. A former trader, he is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University. His books Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan have been published in thirty-one languages.

Reviews for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

The most prophetic voice of all * GQ * Great fun... brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious, cajoling -- Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics The Black Swan changed my view of how the world works -- Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow Confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst, George Soros and aspirant despot * Sunday Times * It has altered modern thinking * The Times * Like the conversation of a raconteur ... hugely enjoyable - compelling * Financial Times * A fascinating study of how we are regularly taken for suckers by the unexpected * Guardian *