HACKER SAFE certified sites prevent over 99.9% of hacker crime.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE...
The Age of Speed: Learning to Thrive in a More-Faster-Now World
The Age of Speed: Learning to Thrive in a More-Faster-Now World
by Vince Poscente
The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations
The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations
by James Surowiecki
My Life As a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
My Life As a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
by Emanuel Derman
RELATED AISLES



 
Ships free on qualified orders.
$10.95
List price: 16.00
You save: $5.05
TRADE PAPER, USED
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 HawthorneBusiness- Investing
Hide store locations


Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
by Nassim Nichol Taleb

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Cover

About This Book

ISBN13: 9780812975215
ISBN10: 0812975219
Condition: Standard
All Product Details

Only 1 left in stock at $10.95!

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Finally in paperback, the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world. This book is about luck: more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences.

Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill — the world of business — Fooled by Randomness is an irreverent, iconoclastic, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining exploration of one of the least understood forces in all of our lives.

Review:

"[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

Review:

"Fascinating...Taleb will grab you." Peter L. Bernstein, author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

Review:

"We need a book like this...fun to read, refreshingly independent-minded." Robert J. Shiller, author of Irrational Exuberance

Review:

"Taleb examines how and why the attempt to determine cause and effect is continually hampered by random occurrences and our emotional responses to them." Booklist

Synopsis:

"[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"

Finally in paperback, the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world.This book is about luck: more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences.

Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill-the world of business-Fooled by Randomness" "is an irreverent, iconoclastic, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining exploration of one of the least understood forces in all of our lives.

back to top

About the Author

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the author of The Black Swan. He has devoted his life to immersing himself in problems of luck, uncertainty, probability, and knowledge. Part literary essayist, part empiricist, part researcher, part no-nonsense businessman, he spent eighteen years as a mathematical trader, and was the Dean’s Professor in the Sciences of Uncertainty at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Taleb lives mostly in New York.

From the Hardcover edition.

back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
Melissa Kinsey, November 20, 2006 (view all comments by Melissa Kinsey)
You might be put off by Taleb's credentials -- he is a PhD Mathematician specializing in probability and a trader of derivatives, worlds beyond our intuitive understanding that can be frustratingly inaccessible. But this is not a textbook; it reads like a conversation, one with an extremely intelligent, curious, and engaging person. You will not be taking any chances in dedicating time to read this book.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(9 of 12 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780812975215
Subtitle:
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Author:
Taleb, Nassim Nichol
Author:
Taleb, Nassim
Author:
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
Publisher:
Random House Trade
Subject:
Investments
Subject:
Finance
Subject:
Free Will & Determinism
Subject:
Chance
Edition Number:
2
Publication Date:
August 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
316
Dimensions:
8.07x5.16x.80 in. .63 lbs.
back to top