books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

books:

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Penguin Books Ltd, 2007

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Random House, 2007

For Whom the Bell Curves
Ha! My clever title has nothing to do with my review (or does it?). Anyway, I found this book quite challenging. As I've said in other reviews, I am quite the layman when it comes to statistics and probability. But I think I got the gist of Taleb's concepts: we ...

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005

Best ten bucks spent ever
This book is one of a kind. It is a thought-provoking essay that presents the author's philosophical views on randomness, which originates from his long-time experience as a trader and from his vast knowledge of the western philosophical tradition. I think the ...

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Penguin Books Ltd, 2008

deceptively simple
"The Black Swan" may seem to be a simple concept, but the implications are more complex and deep than may appear at first glance. The leap from commonplace beliefs to the realization that many of them are just that: commonplace and wrong is as difficult as the leap was ...

Existe la Suerte?: Enganados Por el Azar
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Paraninfo, 2006

Fooled by Randomness Revision (Not Available in US): The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and Life
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Texere, 2004

Selected by Amazon.com and The Financial Times as one of the best business books of the year, Fooled by Randomness is an instant classic. Already published in 14 languages, the book?s title has entered our vocabulary. After reading the excitement expressed below for Fooled by Randomness one realizes that its world-wide bestseller status is no ...

The Volatility Surface: A Practitioner's Guide (Wiley Finance)

Jim Gatheral

Wiley, 2006

Applying models to the real world
The book is a great guide to understanding the different models used on Wall Street to capture the intricacies of modeling and pricing derivatives. The books focus of using models as a tool and NOT a solution is a great reminder to both traders and salespeople. This ...

Dynamic Hedging: Managing Vanilla and Exotic Options (Wiley Finance)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Wiley, 1997

Revised edition?
Books-A_Million lists a revised edition, ISBN: 0471353477, with December, 2008, as a publication date. Their advance order price is $76.95.

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Allen Lane, 2007

Hard Work by Taleb; Lucky for Us
This is an excellent analysis of the limitations and flaws in our thought processes about reconstruction of the past and predictions of the future.Once you see them with the help of Taleb,you're better prepared to understand the world of events that occur around us. ...