The Black Swan

non-fiction work by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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The Black Swan

Summary

The Black Swan is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (714 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Black Swan authored Nassim Nicholas Taleb[3].
  • The Black Swan's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Black Swan's publisher is recorded as Allen Lane[5].
  • The Black Swan's genre is recorded as epistemology[6].
  • The Black Swan's genre is recorded as philosophy of science[7].
  • The Black Swan's genre is recorded as randomness[8].
  • The Black Swan's genre is recorded as essay[9].
  • The Black Swan's follows is recorded as Fooled by Randomness[10].
  • The Black Swan's followed by is recorded as The Bed of Procrustes[11].
  • The Black Swan's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • The Black Swan's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • The Black Swan's publication date is recorded as +2007-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • The Black Swan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pf61v[15].
  • The Black Swan's Open Library ID is recorded as OL3295030W[16].
  • The Black Swan's has edition or translation is recorded as The Black Swan[17].
  • The Black Swan's has edition or translation is recorded as The Black Swan[18].
  • The Black Swan's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126487962[19].
  • The Black Swan's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126544158[20].
  • The Black Swan's main subject is recorded as epistemology[21].
  • The Black Swan's main subject is recorded as aesthetics[22].
  • The Black Swan's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/books/review/Easterbrook.t.html[23].
  • The Black Swan's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 1525031[24].
  • The Black Swan's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Black Swan'}[25].
  • The Black Swan's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Impact of the Highly Improbable'}[26].
  • The Black Swan's OCLC work ID is recorded as 495808067[27].

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Designation and Status

The Black Swan's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The Black Swan ranks in the top 1% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (714 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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