Customer Review: Whether you read Freakonomics or not, Superfreakonomics provides lots of entertaining facts as the economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner return with another quirky set of examples from the exciting world of behavioral economics. The prostitutes are back, along with terrorists,... more info
Customer Review: I found The Black Swan both entertaining and groundbreaking, instantly placing Nassim Taleb in the company of Malcolm Gladwell, Steven Levitt, and Daniel Gilbert, other authors who challenge fundamental assumptions about our world and how we see it. Taleb's writing style tends towards... more info
Customer Review: It is rare to find a book that succeeds in making an immediate impact on my thinking, right from the page one and then keeps the continuous focus & attention further till I read the end cover. Yes, that is exactly how this book was. It explains the working of game theory and how to efficiently... more info
Customer Review: In "The Drunkard's Walk," CalTech physics professor Leonard Mlodinow goes about explaining probability and statistics in very simple terms, accessible to most anyone with a yearning to know about the subject. Each topic is discussed in its historical context, so you get a good sense of not just the... more info
Customer Review: Risk is a key issue in money affairs and this tome gets all round under over and inside this important issue.
Pity the bloke is dead we could do with more of his work.
Customer Review: Taleb changed the way I thought about skill and luck. The book was not made to prove things one way or the other but to get you to think. Don't take anyones supposed skill to your bank. You need to be aware of the risk of what you are purchasing. This book applies not only to investing but to life... more info
Customer Review: This book is awesome... it provides some great tricks but when it all comes down to it one most practice practice practice... that is the most important thing. I def recommended this book if you want to get faster but make sure to put in the time.
Customer Review: Edward Tufte prides himself on making very complex information accessible. What he doesn't understand is that the average person can not make sense of convoluted charts and graphs. Not everyone can read 5 pt type and overlapping hairline strokes, making his examples successfully unsuccessful.more info
Customer Review: Several others have already quite eloquently pointed out mathematical errors in the Time Code Formula and errors dealing with Nostradamus so I won't go there. I would like to point out many scientific errors the author has made. However, in reference to Nostradamus, why are his aimless rantings... more info
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