Synopsis:
"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? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? And, 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. A rallying cry to ignore the 'experts', The Black Swan shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty."

On its way to one of the winners of my 2 kg. book parcel RABCK.

I hope you like the books I picked for you. Happy reading!

A brand new book from boekentrol's super generous RABCK parcel. I intend to read it eventually. Thank you very much.

This is not the kind of book I enjoy reading but I gave it a try and read half. Well, it was interesting and if I were more into Mathematics, I might have enjoyed it more. Another reason I am giving it up is that the fonts are very small and my eyes are rather tired. I intend to leave it at an OBCZ, I hope somebody else will enjoy it more than I did.