The Black Swan

`Great fun ... brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious,

`Hugely enjoyable - compelling'

`Idiosyncratically brilliant'

`A fascinating study of how we are regularly taken for suckers by the unexpected'

`A deeply intelligent, provocative book'

'Like the conversation of raconteur ... hugely enjoyable - compelling ... Beware the Black Swan' --This text refers to an out...

`Great fun ... brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious,

`Hugely enjoyable - compelling'

`Idiosyncratically brilliant'

`A fascinating study of how we are regularly taken for suckers by the unexpected'

`A deeply intelligent, provocative book'

'Like the conversation of raconteur ... hugely enjoyable - compelling ... Beware the Black Swan' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'The Black Swan confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst, George Soros and aspirant despot' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'A deeply intelligent, provocative book ... Taleb succeeds in

bringing sceptical empiricism to the masses' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'A richly enjoyable read with an important message' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'A provocative macro-trend tome in the tradition of The Wisdom of

Crowds and The Tipping Point' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

纳西姆·尼古拉斯·塔勒布（Nassim Nicholas Taleb），一生专注于研究运气、不确定性、概率和知识。他既是文学随笔家，又是经验主义者，又是理智的数理证券交易员，目前担任阿姆赫斯特马萨诸塞大学随机科学系教授。他的上一本畅销书《随机致富的傻瓜》（Fooled by Randomness）以20种语言出版。大部分时候他生活在纽约。