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Release Year
2007
ISBN
9781400063512
Book Title
Black Swan: Second Edition : The Impact of the Highly Improbable: with a New Section: on Robustness and Fragility
Book Series
Incerto, Incerto Ser.
Item Length
9.6 in
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Edition
2
Publication Year
2007
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.5 in
Author
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Genre
Computers, Business & Economics, Social Science
Topic
Information Theory, Future Studies, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Statistics, Corporate Finance / General
Item Width
6.4 in
Item Weight
25.2 Oz, 25 oz
Number of Pages
480 Pages

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Taleb delivers a groundbreaking look at the role played by the unexpected in life and history, and a fascinating examination of why we know less than we think we do--and what to do about it.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400063515
ISBN-13
9781400063512
eBay Product ID (ePID)
56992376

Product Key Features

Book Title
Black Swan: Second Edition : The Impact of the Highly Improbable: with a New Section: on Robustness and Fragility
Edition
2
Author
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Information Theory, Future Studies, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Statistics, Corporate Finance / General
Publication Year
2007
Book Series
Incerto, Incerto Ser.
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Computers, Business & Economics, Social Science
Number of Pages
480 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.6 in
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Item Weight
25.2 Oz, 25 oz

Additional Product Features

Series Volume Number
2
Lc Classification Number
Q375.T35 2007
Publication Date
2007-04-17
Reviews
" The Black Swan changed my view of how the world works."--Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate "Hugely enjoyable--compelling . . . easy to dip into."-- Financial Times "A masterpiece."--Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail "Idiosyncratically brilliant."--Niall Ferguson, Los Angeles Times From the Trade Paperback edition., Praise for Nassim Nicholas Taleb   "The most prophetic voice of all." --GQ   Praise for The Black Swan   "[A book] that altered modern thinking." -- The Times (London)   "A masterpiece." --Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired, author of The Long Tail   "Idiosyncratically brilliant." --Niall Ferguson, Los Angeles Times   " The Black Swan changed my view of how the world works." --Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate   "[Taleb writes] in a style that owes as much to Stephen Colbert as it does to Michel de Montaigne. . . . We eagerly romp with him through the follies of confirmation bias [and] narrative fallacy." --The Wall Street Journal   "Hugely enjoyable--compelling . . . easy to dip into." -- Financial Times   "Engaging . . . The Black Swan has appealing cheek and admirable ambition." --The New York Times Book Review, " The Black Swan changed my view of how the world works."--Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate   "Hugely enjoyable--compelling . . . easy to dip into."-- Financial Times   "A masterpiece."--Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail    "Idiosyncratically brilliant."--Niall Ferguson, Los Angeles Times From the Trade Paperback edition., Praise for Nassim Nicholas Taleb "The most prophetic voice of all." --GQ Praise for The Black Swan "[A book] that altered modern thinking." -- The Times (London) "A masterpiece." --Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired, author of The Long Tail "Idiosyncratically brilliant." --Niall Ferguson, Los Angeles Times " The Black Swan changed my view of how the world works." --Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate "[Taleb writes] in a style that owes as much to Stephen Colbert as it does to Michel de Montaigne. . . . We eagerly romp with him through the follies of confirmation bias [and] narrative fallacy." --The Wall Street Journal "Hugely enjoyable--compelling . . . easy to dip into." -- Financial Times "Engaging . . . The Black Swan has appealing cheek and admirable ambition." --The New York Times Book Review, "The Black Swanchanged my view of how the world works."-Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate   "Hugely enjoyable-compelling . . . easy to dip into."-Financial Times   "A masterpiece."-Chris Anderson, author ofThe Long Tail    "Idiosyncratically brilliant."-Niall Ferguson,Los Angeles Times From the Trade Paperback edition., " The Black Swan changed my view of how the world works."-Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate "Hugely enjoyable-compelling . . . easy to dip into."- Financial Times "A masterpiece."-Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail "Idiosyncratically brilliant."-Niall Ferguson, Los Angeles Times From the Trade Paperback edition., "The Black Swanchanged my view of how the world works."-Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate "Hugely enjoyable-compelling . . . easy to dip into."-Financial Times "A masterpiece."-Chris Anderson, author ofThe Long Tail "Idiosyncratically brilliant."-Niall Ferguson,Los Angeles Times From the Trade Paperback edition., " The Black Swan changed my view of how the world works."-Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate   "Hugely enjoyable-compelling . . . easy to dip into."- Financial Times   "A masterpiece."-Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail    "Idiosyncratically brilliant."-Niall Ferguson, Los Angeles Times From the Trade Paperback edition.
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-051093
Dewey Decimal
003/.54

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  • Top favorable review

    Jaw dropping topic

    Fasten your seatbelts. Exceedingly counterintuitive insights and wisdom. Read slowly and ponder. We've bought 4 copies to give some away to younger family members for their continuing education in Life (and the "used" books were in excellent shape and at bargain price).

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  • Can be a hard book to read, so jump to core concepts listed in this review.

    This book can be very dense in many places. Attempting to read it cover-to-cover is a challenge unless you have a lot of spare time to devote to it. Beware that the author has a dry sense of humor. He occasionally slips in deep sarcasm that you might take literally. This is one of those books you really need to read at least 2 times to appreciate it. To get the core concepts quickly, I suggested the following reading approach. 1. Review the Glossary, page 307. Don’t try to memorize the terms yet. Review just so you know which terms you can look up when they are used in the book. 2. Read Mediocristan vs. Extremistan, pp 32 – 37. These 2 terms are the most important concept in the author’s approach to uncertainty. It is important to understand them to grasp many of the author’s arguments ...

  • Misanthropic and Other Big Words!!

    As much as Taleb would have us believe that he is a "practicioner" rather than an "academician" he is no man of the people! This book is not written in plain English and has more academic name-dropping in it than any philosophical treatise I've ever read. That being said, there are some really interesting insights in this book, you just have to wade through lots of babel to get to them. The other thing that annoyed me is that except for the very august and respectable (heavy sarcasm) world of trading, Taleb expresses disdain for just about every other profession there is. Thank goodness he calls to task such low-life organizations and concepts as the Nobel Institute and Gaussian probability!! If you've got a ton of time on your hands, this book might be worth it. Otherwise, I think there ...

  • Good if you have a strong stomach

    I completely agree with tevans00. If this guy could get over himself long enough to write something for us little people, it would be a five star book. I managed to get through the book and am glad I did. The tragedy of the book is how Taleb challenges the gag reflexes of his readers by his insane arrogance. If he was even a little humble about his knowledge and experiences this would be a five star book worthy of every risk management student and practitioner. In a nutshell the point that he makes very well and then backs up is that just because we haven't seen something happen doesn't mean it won't. A 50% drop in the Dow over four months is a good example of his point. The ramifications are significant.

  • The underlying idea has some merit, but the presentation is boorish.

    The Black Swan is very interesting in some respects, but I have to admit that I was turned off by the author's voice - he seems like a pretentious pseudo-intellectual and confuses me by jumping around centuries at a time in the history of man without establishing real connections. I know, he would probably say that is because there are no real connections, they have all been trumped up by the experts. Well, maybe so, but why is he the expert to believe on this? Nevertheless, there is certainly some validity to his "black swan" analogy and theory about unpredictable events. The tone of the book is rather Steven Colbertish - though not always amusing. At this point, I am struggling to want to finish the book.