Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
The chronological starting point of the Incerto and an accessible introduction to Taleb's central ideas about chance, uncertainty, and risk.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Books in Order
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a French-Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, and former derivatives trader. His work combines mathematical research, philosophical essays, and practical analysis of probability, risk, model error, and systems that benefit from disorder. He is the author of the five-volume Incerto, Dynamic Hedging, and Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails, and has written extensively on applied probability and risk management.
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Incerto
A five-volume philosophical essay on uncertainty, probability, risk, and human knowledge.
- 1 Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the MarketsAmazon ↗
Book 1 · nonfiction · 2001
- 2
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableAmazon ↗Book 2 · nonfiction · 2007
- 3
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical AphorismsAmazon ↗Book 3 · nonfiction · 2010
- 4
Antifragile: Things That Gain from DisorderAmazon ↗Book 4 · nonfiction · 2012
- 5
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily LifeAmazon ↗Book 5 · nonfiction · 2018
series · ongoing
Technical Incerto
A technical series providing mathematical expressions, demonstrations, proofs, and derivations related to the ideas of the Incerto.
- 1
Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails: Real World Preasymptotics, Epistemology, and ApplicationsAmazon ↗Book 1 · nonfiction · 2020
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Novels (1)
- Dynamic Hedging: Managing Vanilla and Exotic OptionsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1997