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| fixed length control field |
01143cam a2200253 a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
BML |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
081297381X |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780812973815 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
YDXCP |
| Transcribing agency |
YDXCP |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
003.54 |
| Item number |
TAL |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Black swan : the impact of the highly improbable |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
2nd ed., Random trade pbk. ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Random House Trade Paperbacks, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxxiii, 444 p. : |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"Originally published in hardcover and in slightly different form in the United States ... by Random House in 2007."-T.p. verso. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Uncertainty (Information theory) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Forecasting. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2010292618-s.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2010292618-s.html</a> |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2010292618-d.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2010292618-d.html</a> |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2010292618-b.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2010292618-b.html</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |
