| Title | The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable |
| Names | Taleb, Nassim. |
| Book Number | DB064557 |
| Annotation | Discusses the phenomenon of the black swan, a highly improbable event with enormous impact that in hindsight seems predictable, such as the 9/11 attacks and the development of Google. Taleb argues that our misplaced confidence in standardized narratives and unexamined generalizations obscures the importance of random events and uncertainties. Bestseller. 2007. |
| Narrator | Childs, Ray. |
| Title Status | Active |
| Local Subject | Male Author - Mau |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Non-Fiction - NF | |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| History United States - 973 | |
| Politics & Government (Current Events) - POL | |
| Current Events - NEWS | |
| Sept 11 (Current Events) - 9-11 | |
| Terrorism - TER | |
| Social Problems - SOC | |
| Social Commentary - SCOM | |
| Bestsellers Non-Fiction - BSNF | |
| Bestsellers Non-Fiction 2007 - BSN07 | |
| General NonFiction - GNF | |
| Science - SCI | |
| Computer Science - Programming, programs - 005 | |
| Bestseller - BES |
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| Male narrator - MN |
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| LC Subject | Forecasting |
| Uncertainty (Information theory) - Social aspects |
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| Medium | Digital Books |
| Language | English |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Length | 21 hours, 34 minutes |
| Publication Info | (Carolina Talking Book, recording studio). 2008 (Carolina Talking Book, recording studio). |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2007. 1400063512 |