The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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Review Great fun ? brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious, cajoling (Freakonomics) An idiosyncratically brilliant new book (Sunday Telegraph) A fascinating study of how we are regularly taken for suckers by the unexpected (Guardian) Like the conversation of a raconteur … hugely enjoyable – compelling (Financial Times) Confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst, George Soros and aspirant despot (Sunday Times) In the tradition of The Wisdom of Crowds and The Tipping Point (Time) About the Author About the Author: The author of The Black Swan is Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who spends a lot of his time relaxing in different places all over the world. He used to be a trader, but is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University. He has also authored the book called Fooled By Randomness.