The black swan : (Record no. 171906)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | IIITD |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20231210020003.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780141034591 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | IIITD |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 158.1 |
| Item number | TAL-B |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Taleb, Nassim Nicholas |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The black swan : |
| Remainder of title | the impact of the highly improbable |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Penguin, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | ©2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxxiii, 444 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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<br/>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?<br/>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<br/>The end. Half and half, or how to get even with the black swan<br/>Epilogue : Yevgenia's white swans |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Uncertainty (Information theory)--Social aspects |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Forecasting |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Uncertainty (Information theory) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Koha issues (borrowed), all copies | 1 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Vendor/Supplier | Koha item type | Public note |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Self Help | IIITD | IIITD | Library Corridor | 02/11/2023 | 1020.14 | 1 | 2 | 158.1 TAL-B | G02499 | 23/01/2024 | 09/12/2023 | £9.99 | 02/11/2023 | Collected from Library Drop Box | Books | Collected from Library Drop Box |