Fooled by Randomness

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About this book

"[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther's ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church."--Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker Finally in paperback, the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world. This book is about luck: more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences. Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill--the world of business--Fooled by Randomness is an irreverent, iconoclastic, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining exploration of one of the least understood forces in all of our lives. — From the Trade Paperback edition.

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4.1/5 · 73501 readers · 316 pages · ≈ 5 h 51 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Fooled by Randomness?

About ≈ 5 h 51 m — 316 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mFooled by Randomness~5 h 51 m

How many pages is Fooled by Randomness?

316 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Fooled by Randomness316

What genre is Fooled by Randomness?

It sits on the Business shelves.

Is Fooled by Randomness in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Fooled by Randomness?

Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

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