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Black swan: the impact of the highly improbable

By: Taleb, Nassim NicholasMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London Penguin Books 2010Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxiii, 444 p. 20 cmISBN: 9780141034591Subject(s): Forecasting | Uncertainty (Information theory) -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 003.54 TAL
Contents:
Applying theory from communication; 1 The apprenticeship of an empirical skeptic;
Summary: What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? This book is all
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Applying theory from communication; 1 The apprenticeship of an empirical skeptic;

What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? This book is all

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