Nassim Nicholas Taleb born 1960 is a Lebanese American essayist, scholar and statistician, whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability and uncertainty.
In his book 'The Black Swan' he predicted the financial crisis in 2008.
These stamps were made as an appreciation for Nassim's efforts in contributing to the world's ecnomics statistics and analytics.
The stamps were designed based on Nassim's Theories:
The Black Swan theory, the black swan that never existed until discovered, and after it's existance people had to accept this fact.
The Black Cat theory, which is the probability of having a black cat in a dark room.
The Whale which referes to the financial Crisis that happened in 2008 and was predicted by Nassim before it occured.