British writer david mitchells previous bookand a masterpiecewas the novel cloud. As with all works by mark goodwin, this book contains no profanity and no embarrassing sex scenes. Chris anderson, editor in chief of wired, author of the long tail idiosyncratically brilliant. The essence of his work is the world is severely affected by events that are rare and difficult to predict. Taleb is the author of a multivolume essay, the incerto the black swan, fooled by randomness, antifragile, and skin in the game an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human. Nassim nicholas taleb has devoted his life to problems of uncertainty, probability, and knowledge. The black swan national library board singapore overdrive. Second edition the black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand.
Taleb is the author of the incerto, a five volume philosophical essay on uncertainty published between 2001 and 2018 of which the most known books are the black swan and antifragile. Author nassim nicholas taleb discusses the central theme of his bestselling book. From awardwinning writer david mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of adulthood and the old on the cusp of the new. Moscow urdupoint news sputnik 18th april, 2020 the rapid spread of the coronavirus, as any other global problems, clearly demonstrated that the world should be less connected, nassim nicholas taleb, a lebaneseamerican essayist, the author of the black swan book describing potentially catastrophic or unpredictable events, told sputnik on saturday. Finally an intelligent approach to black swan investing. Black swan writer mclaughlin recruits youngblood cbr. Black swan planet the james peters author page home. Mclaughlins name might not be instantly recognizable to comic fans, however. Praise for nassim nicholas taleb the most prophetic voice of all.
Gq praise for the black swan a book that altered modern thinking. Taleb, a professor and book author, best known for his work the black swan that predicted the 2008 global financial crisis, responded that saying the coronavirus panic is. However, if youre offended by conservative principles and references to scripture, this book might not be for you. His second nontechnical book, the black swan, about. A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics. Read black swan, a pulsepounding tale of redemption and survival, today. A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of tchaikovskys swan lake. The black swan paperback september 1, 1984 by day taylor author. The knights of the black swan book series is a wellknown series of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, vampires, romance, and fantasy genres. Bestselling author nassim nicholas taleb continues his exploration of randomness in his fascinating new book, the black swan, in which he examines the. Chris anderson, editor in chief of wired, author of the long tail. Nassim nicholas taleb is a lebaneseamerican of antiochian greek. The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively.
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