Nassim taleb, universa investments scientific advisor and distinguished professor of risk engineering at nyu, warned of an acute virus spreading throughout the planet in his 2007 book the black swan. The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets, and more on. Reminds me i have miles to go before i sleep from one. Scholar, statistician and guru of riskmanagement dr.
Nassim taleb, hedgefund adviser and author of the black swan, may be a prophet of doom when it comes to the perilous state of financial markets, but, in a rare splash of cheer, he says he. Scholar, statistician and guru of riskmanagement recommends his favorite novels and the best professional books the tartar steppe by dino buzzati taleb on his personal website. Nassim nicholas taleb, the bestselling author of the. Books recommended by nassim nicholas taleb the ceo library. Nassim nicholas taleb is a lebaneseamerican essayist, scholar, statistician, and former trader and risk analyst, whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. Its an interesting collection, and every one is well worth reading. The statistical mechanics of financial markets by johannes. The black swanauthor nassim nicolas taleb have published a list of his favorite books on his home page. He managed to transform his interests into three successful careers, as a man of letters, businessmantraderrisk manager, and university professor. Crossing the event horizon dvd the graphics presented are firstclass and his argument is compelling and the body of evidence is well documented. A black swan is a highly improbable event with three. About fooled by randomness by nassim nicholas taleb. A few weeks back i wrote a post on my reading list for the year.
Gq praise for the black swan a book that altered modern thinking. Facebook forum limited to philosophical discussions, books in progress. Nassim taleb, the polarizing author of bestselling books the black swan and antifragile. What i learned losing a million dollars by jim paul 4. An evergrowing list of tips that help me read more books. In january, he also warned of the systemic risks of the coronavirus. Please vote and do not add books taleb has not explicitly recommended. He has held a variety of senior derivative trading positions in new york and london and worked as. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Books recommended by nassim nicholas taleb bookadvice. Discover book depositorys huge selection of nassim nicholas taleb books online.
Drogo whiles away his youth in patient service, waiting for the enemy to come. Nassim talebs recommended books taleb on his personal website desolation, the fading quest for glory, and unfulfilled dreams are set against the backdrop of a military outpost in the mountains overlooking the vast tartar steppe. Nassim haramein convincingly presents his lifes research to us. Praise for nassim nicholas taleb the most prophetic voice of all.
See all books authored by nassim nicholas taleb, including the black swan. Things that gain from disorder, offers 61 reading recommendations in his own words. I dont remember who suggested reading this unusual trading book to me but whoever that was, i am sincerely thankful to that person. Nassim nicholas taleb book recommendations 81 books. Every day, nassim nicholas taleb and thousands of other voices read, write, and share important stories on medium. Once you get over the idea that youre reading some sort of popular economics book and realise that its basically nassim talebs rules for life, its actually rather enjoyable. Nassim nicholas taleb is the founder of empirica capital llc, a hedge fund operator, and a fellow at the courant institute of mathematical sciences of new york university. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. I am often asked by journalists for a list of my favorite books i dont know what favorite means for a. The first bottom row are unread or partlyread books. Nassim nicholas taleb hits out at chinese printers censorship of his book author protests after proofs of antifragile returned with marks indicating that taiwan should be referred to as part of. He has spent most of his life researching the fundamental geometry of hyperspace. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, antifragile, and skin in the game.
Comments on nassim talebs the long peace is a statistical illusion steven pinker. If you could recommend one book unrelated to business what would it be. Destined to become a market classic, dynamic hedging is the only practical reference in exotic options hedgingand arbitrage for professional traders and money managers watch the professionals. Miles to go before i sleep recommended book list by. Last week found this book list recommended by nassim taleb, the author of the recent book antifragile. His presentation can easily be understood both by the scientifically trained and lay person. Chris anderson, editor in chief of wired, author of the long tail idiosyncratically brilliant. You talk about choosing a career as an options trader as it allowed you to explore philosophy and other interests so my question is. I was surprised to learn that nassim taleb had a problem with my book the better angels of our nature, because its analysis of war and terrorism harmonizes with talebs signature themes. Here are the books that taleb listed as his favorites, reconstructed from this list.
I intend to purchase the other two volumes and recommend the set. As all of nassims books sort of build on each other and further develops his theories fooled. Its all about having something to lose and sharing risks with others. Books by nassim nicholas taleb incerto fooled by randomness the black swan the bed of procrustes antifragile by nassi m nicho l a s taleb paperback, 1,568 pages, published 2016 by random house trade paperbacks isbn. Nassim taleb is definitely a counterestablishment trader and financial writer and, while usually that means something bad to me, in this case that property turns out to be a great advantage, as in fooled by randomness its proved many times that one. Nassim taleb on choosing the right book masculine books.
Policy wonks, corporate executives, many academics, bankers and most journalists dont. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. Nassim nicholas taleb has devoted his life to immersing himself in problems of luck, randomness, human error, probability, and the philosophy of knowledge. Explore books by nassim nicholas taleb with our selection at. Some of them are very good at sharing at least some of that gained knowledge through writing.
The impact of the highly improbable, and fooled by randomness. Taleb, author of fooled by randomness and the black swan, talking about his new book. I have read his other books and they are all good but antifragile is the synthesis of all of his ideas. Thinking, fast and slow by daniel kahneman, the tartar steppe by dino buzzati, thinking and deciding by jonathan baron, what. Letter in nature explaining what antifragile is not about. Scientists dont know what they are talking about when they talk about religion. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto.
Books by nassim haramein all formats paperback sort by. Pages in category books by nassim nicholas taleb the following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. As all of nassims books sort of build on each other and further develops his theories fooled by randomness his first book is a good place to. Nassim nicholas taleb books list of books by author. Taleb spent more than two decades as a risk trader before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical and mostly practical problems with probability. While for just about everyone involved in the markets the last two years of financial history have been a massacre, they have been a long victory lap for nassim nicholas taleb.
Buy skin in the game book online at low prices in india. The hidden role of fooled by randomness summary by nassim nicholas taleb read more. The hidden role of chance in the markets and in life by taleb, nassim nicholas and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, the black swan, and the bed of procrustes. From central banks to brokerages to multinationals, institutional investors are flocking to a new generation of exotic and complex options contracts and derivatives. A few days ago nassim taleb wrote on twitter what to look for when choosing books. I find your writing style more compelling than most other authors writing about the markets and finance.
In the black swan, taleb talks about umberto ecos collection of 30,000 unread books. Things that gain from disorder nassim nicholas taleb publisher. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers. Books recommended by nassim nicholas taleb nassim nicholas taleb is a lebaneseamerican author and flaneur a man who saunters around observing society. About nassim haramein graham hancock official website. The bed of procrustes is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. The black swan arabic edition taleb, nassim nicholas on. Nassim taleb recommends his favorite novels and the best professional books. Taleb has made his living and a small fortune, now transformed into a large fortune by the 2008 market in an unusual way by financial speculation in contexts where he. A list of literature books recommended by nassim nicholas taleb. But if you are going to read it then you must commit to reading it at least two or three times to let it. Religion has nothing to do with belief, and i dont believe it has any negative impact on peoples lives outside of intolerance.
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