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Janie Fountain New Library
Luther W. New Junior Theological College

Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable - London Penguin Books 2007 - xxviii+366p

includes index and biblioraphy

This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. their impact is huge; they`re nearly impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. a rallying cry to ignore the `expert`, the Black Swan shows us how to stop trying to predict everthing and take avantage of uncertainty. Umberto Eco`s Antilibrary or How we seek validation We Just Can`t Predict Those Gray Swans of Extremistan The End

9780141034591 395


Uncertainty - Information Theory
Forecasting
Information Theory- Social Aspects

003.5422 / T1432

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