- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
English |
Paperback |
9780141034591 |
2008 |
480 Pages
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? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This title deals with this questions.