The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Hardcover- $21.26

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, ...

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  "The Black Swan" by Maruta (see profile) 06/01/10

This is a book for college professors who are teaching classes in probability theory as it tends to be very technical for the average reader. The subject is interesting, but even at the end of the book the causes or predictability of the incidence of "black swans" remain shrouded in mystery. There are many interesting categorizations and observations, but overall it failed to meet our expectations.

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