The Black Swan

The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Audio CD

English language

Published Aug. 8, 2007 by Recorded Books.

ISBN:
978-1-4281-6655-4
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OCLC Number:
231017834

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2 stars (2 reviews)

From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life.

18 editions

Thought it might be my cup of tea, but it isn't

3 stars

I think I just don't like the narrative style. There's interesting things said, great concepts, but the tone, the stories, the framing with anecdotes just makes it a bit of a drag to read. I was on a pop-science reading trip, rattling through half a dozen books in a month until I crashed to a halt with Black Swan and now every time I look at it, I reach for some Scots poetry instead. This book hasn't turned me off pop-science, its just making it hard to go on.

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