{"product_id":"fooled-by-randomness-the-hidden-role-of-chance-in-life-and-in-the-markets","title":"Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets","description":"\u003cp\u003e'One of the smartest books of all time' \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy - or something altogether more unpredictable? This book is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIt is all about luck-\u003c\/b\u003e more precisely, how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nowhere is this more obvious than in the markets - we hear an entrepreneur has 'vision' or a trader is 'talented', but all too often their performance is down to chance rather than skill. It is only because we fail to understand probability that we continue to believe events are non-random, finding reasons where none exist. This irreverent bestseller has shattered the illusions of people around the world by teaching them how to recognize randomness. Now it can do the same for you.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNassim Nicholas Taleb\u003c\/b\u003e is a radical and paradoxical philosopher for our times. He has spent his life immersing himself in problems of luck, uncertainty, probability, and knowledge, and he has led three high-profile careers around his ideas, as a man of letters, as a businessman-trader, and as a university professor and researcher.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University's Polytechnic Institute. His books \u003ci\u003eFooled by Randomness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Black Swan\u003c\/i\u003e have been published in thirty-three languages. Taleb refuses all awards and honours as they debase knowledge by turning it into competitive sports.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/nassim-nicholas-taleb-books\"\u003eNassim Nicholas Taleb\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780141031484\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.12","offer_id":47909306466481,"sku":"SB-0141031484-C4","price":1.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0141031484.jpg?v=1789204838","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/fooled-by-randomness-the-hidden-role-of-chance-in-life-and-in-the-markets","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}