Author

Books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, risk analyst, and former derivatives trader. He is the author of the Incerto series — Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game — a set of interconnected books on uncertainty, probability, and how to act under conditions of incomplete knowledge. Taleb has held positions at several trading firms and universities, including New York University's Tandon School of Engineering. His work draws on probability theory, philosophy, and classical literature, and he is known for his combative public persona and his skepticism of academic and institutional expertise.