false 1198558 53 male Summit, NJ 05/2008 11/2009 14 6 5 true 6237051 read 1 true 2511693 currently-reading 0 true 2511692 to-read 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated (Paperback) by Donald E. Knuth]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76899355 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171656326s/112240.jpg 1198558 Mike Goodson http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1198558-mike-goodson Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:54:53 -0800 more...]]> Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes) by Donald E. Knuth]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76899285 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dELRcdQdL._SL75_.jpg 1198558 Mike Goodson http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1198558-mike-goodson Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:42:14 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45260473 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173056049s/242472.jpg 1198558 Mike Goodson http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1198558-mike-goodson Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:41:46 -0800 Jamon wrote: "I am in middle of NNT "fooled by Randomness" It has a black swan chapter....in your opinion do you think I should read Black Swan as well? Jamon"


It might be more of the same. I have not read Fooled by Randomness, but a co-worker who really liked Black Swan and then bought the other book, found it to be along the same lines. Once, you've convinced me that I can't know the unknowable, there not a lot more you can say, is there? However, if you like his writing style (which I do), you may want to consider reading Black Swan as well...

MG
]]> The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45260473 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173056049s/242472.jpg 1198558 Mike Goodson http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1198558-mike-goodson Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:29:36 -0800 more...]]> Life and Fate (Paperback) by Vasily Grossman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31895759 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171134531s/88432.jpg 1198558 Mike Goodson http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1198558-mike-goodson Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:01:40 -0700 Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Paperback) by Michael Lewis]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31895278 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158120691s/1301.jpg 1198558 Mike Goodson http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1198558-mike-goodson Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:59:36 -0700 more...]]> Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (Wiley Investment Classics) by Charles P. Kindleberger]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23306253 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174166199s/367596.jpg 1198558 Mike Goodson http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1198558-mike-goodson Fri, 30 May 2008 09:34:24 -0700 more...]]>