Friday, April 15, 2011

The Black Swan

The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a New Section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
Contributor(s): Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
EAN: 9780812973815
Publisher: Random House Trade
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: May 11, 2010
Available to order – 2 weeks
R129

A black swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable yet causes massive consequences. In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, Taleb shows in a playful way that black swan events explain almost everything about our world.

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