The Hidden Role of Luck in Life and Markets SECOND AMERICAN EDITION The Fall of Chance, selected by Amazon. com and the Financial Times as one of the best management books of the year, it became an instant classic. It has already been published in 14 languages and the title of the book is recognizable everywhere. When one reads enthusiastic reviews of the book like the ones below, one understands that it is no accident that it has become a worldwide bestseller. "In many ways, his writing is reminiscent of the best moments of scientists and essayists such as Richard Dawkins, George Gamow..." –M. Schrage, MIT Media Lab “We need a book like this to help us overcome our innate human tendency to underestimate the random. His reading is fun, his independence of opinion is disarming, while at the same time playful.” –RJ Shiller, Yale University "If I were asked to name the five best books ever written about the markets, The Fallacy of Random would definitely be on my list." –JD Schwager, author of Market Wizards Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an essayist whose primary concern is the problems of uncertainty and knowledge. Specializing in the risks of unpredictable rare events ("black swans") he worked in senior positions in New York and London before founding Empirica LLC, a brokerage firm and risk research laboratory. Taleb also teaches at New York University's Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences.