The black swan the impact of the highly improbable
- 2nd ed.
- New York Random House 2010
- xxxiii, 444 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
"Originally published in hardcover and in slightly different form in the United States ... by Random House in 2007."-T.p. verso.
Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random.