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Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Random House USA Inc
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Volume: 1
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 20.20cm
Weight: 0.261kg
ISBN: 9780812975215
ISBN 10: 0812975219
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 23 August 2005
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther's ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church. -Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker Fascinating . . . Taleb will grab you. -Peter L. Bernstein, author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk Recalls the best of scientist/essayists like Richard Dawkins . . . and Stephen Jay Gould. -Michael Schrage, author of Serious Play We need a book like this . . . fun to read, refreshingly independent-minded. -Robert J. Shiller, author of Irrational Exuberance
& quot; [Taleb is] Wall Street ' s principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther ' s ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church. <br> - Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker <br> <br> Fascinating . . . Taleb will grab you. <br> - Peter L. Bernstein, author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk <br> Recalls the best of scientist/essayists like Richard Dawkins . . . and Stephen Jay Gould. <br> - Michael Schrage, author of Serious Play <br> We need a book like this . . . fun to read, refreshingly independent-minded. <br> - Robert J. Shille r, author of Irrational Exuberance
[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther's ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church. <br>-Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker <br><br><br> Fascinating . . . Taleb will grab you. <br>-Peter L. Bernstein, author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk <br><br> Recalls the best of scientist/essayists like Richard Dawkins . . . and Stephen Jay Gould. <br>-Michael Schrage, author of Serious Play <br><br> We need a book like this . . . fun to read, refreshingly independent-minded. <br> -Robert J. Shiller, author of Irrational Exuberance
Author Information
Nassim Nicholas Taleb has devoted his life to problems of uncertainty, probability, and knowledge. He spent nearly two decades as a businessman and quantitative trader before becoming a full-time philosophical essayist and academic researcher in 2006. Although he spends most of his time in the intense seclusion of his study, or as a fl neur meditating in cafes, he is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University's Polytechnic Institute. His main subject matter is ""decision making under opacity""-that is, a map and a protocol on how we should live in a world we don't understand. Taleb's books have been published in forty-one languages.
