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He has a polymathic command of subjects ranging from cognitive science to business to probability theory. The combined inventory is about 30,000 books and ephemeral items, heavily weighted in the histories, scholarly books. A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics. Bestselling author nassim nicholas taleb continues his exploration of randomness in his fascinating new book, the black swan, in which he examines the influence of highly improbable and unpredictable events that have massive impact. The impact of the highly improbable book online at best prices in india on. Excellent selection of wendell berry, kentuckiana, southern history, military history and much more.
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