books recommended by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, and former option trader and risk analyst, whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, and former option trader and risk analyst, whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty.

books recommended by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

Seeking Wisdom

Seeking Wisdom

Peter Bevelin

Good Calories, Bad Calories

Good Calories, Bad Calories

Gary Taubes

Bull!

Bull!

Maggie Mahar

Elements of Information Theory

Elements of Information Theory

Thomas M. Cover

The Paradox of Choice

The Paradox of Choice

Barry Schwartz

Mathematics

Mathematics

A. D. Aleksandrov

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

John Gray

1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die

1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die

Mimi Sheraton

A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes

A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes

Peter Bevelin

A Guide to Econometrics

A Guide to Econometrics

Peter E. Kennedy

Birth of a Theorem

Birth of a Theorem

Cédric Villani

Bull by the Horns

Bull by the Horns

Sheila Bair

Confessions of a Philosopher

Confessions of a Philosopher

Bryan Magee

Consciousness

Consciousness

Susan Blackmore

Explaining Social Behavior

Explaining Social Behavior

Jon Elster

Financial Derivatives

Financial Derivatives

Jamil Baz & George Chacko

Free The Animal

Free The Animal

Richard Nikoley

Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents

Morton A. Meyers

History of the Mind

History of the Mind

Nicholas Humphrey

How Nature Works

How Nature Works

Per Bak

I Think, Therefore I Laugh

I Think, Therefore I Laugh

John Allen Paulos

Idea Makers

Idea Makers

Stephen Wolfram

Information

Information

Hans Christian von Baeyer

Intellectuals in the Middle Ages

Intellectuals in the Middle Ages

Jacques Le Goff

Invariances

Invariances

Robert Nozick

Kant and the Platypus

Kant and the Platypus

Umberto Eco

Mapping the Mind

Mapping the Mind

Rita Carter

Mean Genes

Mean Genes

Terry Burnham & Jay Phelan

Modelling Extremal Events

Modelling Extremal Events

Paul Embrechts et al.

Models. Behaving. Badly.

Models. Behaving. Badly.

Emanuel Derman

Montaigne

Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

No Bull

No Bull

Michael Steinhardt

Pagans & Christians

Pagans & Christians

Robin Lane Fox

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar

Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein

Probability Theory

Probability Theory

S.R.S. Varadhan

Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes

Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes

Athanasios Papoulis

Social Cognition

Social Cognition

Ziva Kunda

Statistical Models

Statistical Models

David A. Freedman et al.

The Misbehavior of Markets

The Misbehavior of Markets

Benoit B. Mandelbrot & Richard L. Hudson

The Blank Swan

Elie Ayache

The Discovery of France

The Discovery of France

Graham Robb

The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition

The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition

Norman Russell

The Dream of Reason

The Dream of Reason

Anthony Gottlieb

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf

John Coates

The Kelly Capital Growth Investment Criterion

The Kelly Capital Growth Investment Criterion

Leonard C. MacLean et al.

The Making of a Philosopher

The Making of a Philosopher

Colin McGinn

The Mind Doesn't Work That Way

The Mind Doesn't Work That Way

Jerry Fodor

The New Financial Order

The New Financial Order

Robert J. Shiller

The Opposing Shore

The Opposing Shore

Julien Gracq

The Science of Conjecture

The Science of Conjecture

James Franklin

The Secret of Fatima

The Secret of Fatima

Peter J. Tanous

The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets

The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets

Johannes Voit

The Status Syndrome

The Status Syndrome

Michael Marmot

The Sunday Philosophy Club

The Sunday Philosophy Club

Alexander McCall Smith

The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense

The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense

Rory Sutherland

The Tartar Steppe

The Tartar Steppe

Dino Buzzati

The Tyranny of Experts

The Tyranny of Experts

William Easterly

The Wisdom Paradox

The Wisdom Paradox

Elkhonon Goldberg

Thinking and Deciding

Thinking and Deciding

Jonathan Baron

Why Everyone Is a Hypocrite

Why Everyone Is a Hypocrite

Robert Kurzban

Why Stock Markets Crash

Why Stock Markets Crash

Didier Sornette

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