Eric R. Lybeck

The Black Swan

The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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Produktbeschreibung

Europeans once thought all swans were white, and whiteâ was part of how they defined `swan.â Then black swans were discovered, and the definition changed forever.I

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 134mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 198g
• ISBN-13: 9781912302321
• ISBN-10: 1912302322
• Artikelnr.: 51497458

Autorenporträt

Dr Eric Lybeck is an historical sociologist. He holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Cambridge, and now lectures in sociology at the University of Exeter. He is a member of the editorial board for Current Perspectives in Social Theory and is the author of Sociological Amnesia, edited with Alex Law, a book that explores the forgotten legacies of once influential sociologists whose work has since been neglected by the discipline.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways in to the Text Who was Nassim Nicholas Taleb? What does The Black
Swan: the Impact of the Highly Improbable Say? Why does The Black Swan: the
Impact of the Highly Improbable Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The
Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The
Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main
Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in
the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module
10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12:
Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited