# The Black Swan

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- Authors: [Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://www.bookquiver.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-04-03
- Genres: Finance and accounting, Finance and the finance industry, Business and Management, Management and management techniques, Management decision making

## Description

The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they're impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. 'Taleb is a bouncy and even exhilarating guide ... I came to relish what he said, and even develop a sneaking affection for him as a person' Will Self, Independent on Sunday 'He leaps like some superhero of the mind' Boyd Tonkin, Independent

## Editions

### The Black Swan

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4103-459-1
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2011-07-07
- Language: en_GB

### The Black Swan

- Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-08-1297-381-5
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2010-05-11
- Language: en_US

### The Black Swan

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-620-1
- Published: 2008-04-03
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

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- [Ο Μαύρος κύκνος](https://www.bookquiver.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/el/o-mavros-kyknos) (el_GR)
- [El cisne negro](https://www.bookquiver.com/nassim-taleb/es/el-cisne-negro) (es_ES)
- [Czarny łabędź. Jak nieprzewidywalne zdarzenia rządzą naszym życiem](https://www.bookquiver.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/pl/czarny-labedz-jak-nieprzewidywalne-zdarzenia-rzadza-naszym-zyciem) (pl_PL)
- [O cisne negro](https://www.bookquiver.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/pt/o-cisne-negro) (pt_PT)