| 000 -LEADER |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
02205cam a2200313u 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| control field |
71833470 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
|---|
| control field |
OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
|---|
| control field |
20250718133319.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
ta |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
130110s2007 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| LC control number |
2006051093 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
9781400063512 (acid-free paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
1400063515 (acid-free paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
|---|
| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
BAKER |
| -- |
BTCTA |
| -- |
GK8 |
| -- |
OCO |
| -- |
C#P |
| -- |
IXA |
| -- |
YDXCP |
| -- |
VP@ |
| -- |
JQQ |
| -- |
HNW |
| -- |
TTQ |
| -- |
DMZ |
| -- |
VAM |
| -- |
MUQ |
| -- |
TDG |
| -- |
UBA |
| -- |
SMP |
| -- |
CQU |
| -- |
BNO |
| -- |
AJM |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
|---|
| Holding library |
PPNN |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
|---|
| Classification number |
003.54 |
| Item number |
TALEB |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Taleb, Nassim. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
21970 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
|---|
| Title |
The black swan : |
| Remainder of title |
the impact of the highly improbable / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
|---|
| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
|---|
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Random House, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| Extent |
xxviii, 366 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
|---|
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-358) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
|---|
| Formatted contents note |
Umberto Eco's antilibrary, or how we seek validation. The apprenticeship of an empirical skeptic ; Yevgenia's black swan ; The speculator and the prostitute ; One thousand and one days, or how not to be a sucker ; Confirmation shmonfirmation! ; The narrative fallacy ; Living in the antechamber of hope ; Giacomo Casanova's unfailing luck : the problem of silent evidence ; The Ludic fallacy, or the uncertainty of the nerd -- We just can't predict. The scandal of prediction ; How to look for bird poop ; Epistemocracy, a dream ; Appelles the Painter, or what do you do if you cannot predict? -- Those gray swans of Extremistan. From Mediocristan to Extremistan and back ; The bell curve, that great intellectual fraud ; The aesthetics of randomness ; Locke's madmen, or bell curves in the wrong places ; The uncertainty of the phony -- The end. Half and half, or how to get even with the black swan -- Epilogue : Yevgenia's white swans. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
|---|
| Summary, etc. |
Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Uncertainty (Information theory) |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
21971 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Forecasting. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
21972 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Teoria da informaȯ̂ (aspectos sociais) |
| Source of heading or term |
larpcal |
| 9 (RLIN) |
21973 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
|---|
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
|
| Koha item type |
Book |