Fooled by randomness

The founder of a trading firm and risk management organization argues that randomness and probability have a profound influence on human life, as well as the consistent inability of humans to recognize that role, and explains how to differentiate between randomness in general and the financial markets in particular.

About the author

Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, geboren im Libanon, ist Finanzmathematiker, philosophischer Essayist und Forscher in den Bereichen Risiko und Zufall. Seine Einsichten bezieht er in erster Linie aus einer 20-jährigen Tätigkeit im Handel mit Derivaten. Taleb lebt in New York, wo er Mathematik an der New York University lehrt.

Product details

• Authors: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Nassim Nicolas Taleb
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2004
• EAN: 9781587991905
• ISBN: 978-1-58799-190-5
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 27 mm
• Subject: Guides > Law, job, finance > Money, bank, stock market