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Book Review:   The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Rating:   ★★★★☆ (3.96 out of 5 stars) Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts, critiques, and analyses presented below are entirely my own. Publication and Context Title:   The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Author:   Nassim Nicholas Taleb Series:   Incerto (#2) First Published:   April 17, 2007 (Random House edition: May 11, 2010) Page Count:   444 pages Format:   Kindle Edition (ASIN: B00139XTG4) Genres:   Nonfiction / Economics / Philosophy / Business / Psychology / Science Awards:   Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2007) Contextual Backdrop: Published in early 2007 as the second installment in Taleb’s   Incerto   series,   The Black Swan   arrived mere months before the 2008 global financial crisis. Its devastating critiq...

        Book Review: The Architecture of Scientific Language—A Review of Florian Cajori’s   A History of Mathematical Notations Rating:   ★★★★☆ (4.0 out of 5 stars) Bibliographic Information Title:   A History of Mathematical Notations Author:   Florian Cajori Edition:   Single-volume Dover edition (combining the original 1928 and 1929 two-volume set) Publication Date:   December 14, 2011 (First published January 1, 1974) Publisher:   Dover Publications Page Count:   820 pages, Paperback ISBN:   9780486677668 (ASIN: 0486677664) Genre:   Mathematics / History of Science / Nonfiction Target Audience:   Academic historians, mathematicians, cryptographers, and historians of science. Disclaimer:   I was provided a copy of this book from the publisher for review, but that has not affected the content or impartiality of this review. I. Introduction: Purpose and Thesis In my professional life managing government emp...