Nassim Nicholas Taleb Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
Tom HollandNassim Nicholas TalebThe new edition of @holland_tom's magisterial DOMINION, with an introduction by yours truly. https://t.co/d6pULc9rNq
Paperback, 2021
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Nassim Nicholas TalebNassim Nicholas TalebFriends, that the body's natural stochasticity (#Antifragile) implies benefits for episodic sleep deprivation compensated by > rest; there's research on neuroprotective effects. Walker in his book "Sleep" never mentioned that. Any comment on @alexeyguzey 's thread exposing him ? https://t.co/3DofC5Lgrv
Paperback, 2014
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Dynamic Hedging: Managing Vanilla and Exotic Options
Nassim Nicholas TalebNassim Nicholas TalebYEAR IN REVIEW 2022, 1 Taught a class (in person)"Static and Dynamic Hedging" owing to the passing of Peter Carr; incorporated my lecture notes into the 1st draft of a book --more technical reformulations of my Dynamic Hedging (1997). https://t.co/GB4CxmqCNb
Hardcover, 1997
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David GraeberNassim Nicholas TalebI've stopped blurbing books. Except when they are real books. In this case a real, real book. David Graeber and @davidwengrow, The Dawn of Everything. https://t.co/8hFzgopsGN https://t.co/a4JpqZ0c5m
Paperback, 2023
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Safe Haven: Investing for Financial Storms
Mark SpitznagelNassim Nicholas TalebOK, OK, my reply to the recommended list of summer reads: 1) A practical (short) manual of Latin grammar. 2) Corto Maltese (complete collection, preferably the Ballad of the Salty Sea in text form) 3) Safe Haven by Spitznagel [it can also be read in the winter & other seasons] https://twitter.com/sonalibasak/status/1528369210170167297
Hardcover, 2021
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Continuous Martingales and Brownian Motion
Daniel RevuzNassim Nicholas TalebAlso irreplaceable: + Revuz and Yor: Continuous Martingales and Brownian Motion + Samorodnitsky & Taqqu: Stable Non-Gaussian Random Processes +Embrechts et al.: Modelling Extremal Events + CR Rao's Linear Inference... https://t.co/uq76HbsFqQ
Paperback, 2010
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The Cancer Code: Understanding Cancer as an Evolutionary Disease
Jason FungNassim Nicholas TalebI received "The Cancer Code" by @drjasonfung. I have no interest in cancer yet I am devouring it. Fund has a systematic, incredibly clear (yet exhaustive) exposition of the topic. It is a delight to see such clarity of mind! He gets how the fake appeal of genetics set us back. https://t.co/y8z02fVYiM
Paperback, 2024
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France: An Adventure History
Graham RobbNassim Nicholas TalebI hear Graham Robb has a new forth. book on France. Can anyone provide galleys? Or, better, black market advance copies? [BTW I am not connected to @TalebWisdom] https://t.co/AGxE0316W7
Paperback, 2023
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
Philip E. TetlockNassim Nicholas TalebOur reply to "Superforecasting" @PTetlock is forthcoming. https://t.co/LWc8zaZRxM w/ the Global Incerto (now Uncertainty) Reading Group @RichmanRonald @MarcosCarreira @Sharpe_Actuary @MFergal https://t.co/gZ1vv18Y1v
Paperback, 2016
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Tron Chronicles: Extensa
Isaac B. NewtonNassim Nicholas TalebIn English one cannot read a novel >200y. But between Cato I & Isaac Newton, Latin remained invariant (>1800 y). "Classical" lang. by definition must transport across time. Class. Arabic has a span of 1700 y; attracted diglossic authors who spoke at home another lang. 3/n
Paperback, 2015
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