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100 | 1 | _aTaleb Nassim Nicholas | |
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_aBlack swan : _bthe impact of the highly improbable / _cNassim Nicholas Taleb. |
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_aNew York : _bRandom House Trade Paperbacks, _c2010. |
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300 | _axxxiii, 444 pages : illustration ; 21 cm. | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
520 | _aExamines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random. | ||
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_aUNCERTAINTY (INFORMATION THEORY) _xSOCIAL ASPECTS |
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650 | _aFORECASTING | ||
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