Central Bank of Nigeria Library

The Black Swan :

Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

The Black Swan : the impact of the highly improbable / - London : Penguin Books, 2008. - xxviii,366 p. :

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-358) and index.

This book is all about black swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from best sellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they are nearly impossible to predict, yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them.

9780141034591


Uncertainty (Information theory)
Forecasting

Q375 / .T35 2008

003.54 / TAL