Black swan (disambiguation)

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Black Swan is the common name for Cygnus atratus, an Australian waterfowl.

Contents 1 Arts, literature and film 2 Music 3 Fictional people and places 4 Maritime 5 Mathematics 6 Philosophy of science 7 Publishing and printing 8 See also

Black Swan may also refer to:

[edit] Arts, literature and film

• Books and stories:
  • The Black Swan (Taleb book) (2007), book about uncertainty by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • The Black Swan (1932), pirate adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini
  • The Black Swan (Mann novella) (1954), short book by Thomas Mann (Die Betrogene: Erzählung, in German)
  • The Black Swan (1994), a work of short fiction by Grace Andreacchi
  • The Black Swan (Lackey novel) (1999), fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey
  • Black Swan Green (2006), novel by David Mitchell

• Films:
  • The Black Swan (film) (1942), swashbuckler film adapted from the novel by Rafael Sabatini
  • Black Swans (2005), Dutch drama

• Paintings:
  • The Black Swan (1896), 38 x 47 cm pastel by William Degouve de Nuncques

[edit] Music

• Albums:
  • The Black Swan (Bert Jansch album), by the folk singer-songwriter Bert Jansch
  • The Black Swan (Story of the Year album), an album from the band Story of the Year.
  • The Black Swan (The Triffids album), by the Australian rock band The Triffids
  • Black Swan (album), a forthcoming album by English band Athlete

• Songs:
  • "Black Swan" (song), is the title of a track on Thom Yorke's 2006 album The Eraser
  • "Black Swan", a song used as a bonus track on some versions of Megadeth's 2007 album United Abominations
  • "Black Swan", a B-side track from Tori Amos's second studio album, Under the Pink
  • "Black Swan", a song on Amber Asylum's 2000 album The Supernatural Parlour Collection
  • "Black Swans", a song on Lacrimas Profundere's 1999 album Memorandum

• Other:
  • Black Swan Records, a record label
  • "The Black Swan", nickname of 19th century singer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
  • The Black Swans, an indie rock band

[edit] Fictional people and places

• Black Swan (comics), name of a German Marvel Comics mercenary and enemy to Deadpool and Agent X
• The Black Swan (pub), fictional pub in the UK soap opera Family Affairs
• The Black Swan, mysterious Russian-born air pirate and femme fatale in the 2000 PC game Crimson Skies
• The Black Swan is another name for the character Odile in the ballet Swan Lake by Peter Tchaikovsky

[edit] Maritime

• Black Swan class sloop, a class of sloops built by the United Kingdom during World War II, including:
  • HMS Black Swan (L57)
• Black Swan Project, code name of a shipwreck recovery project, possibly the richest-ever

[edit] Mathematics

• Black swan theory, a term developed by Nassim Taleb to label unexpected, rare events

[edit] Philosophy of science

• One black swan, an often cited example of inductive categorical inference

[edit] Publishing and printing

• Black Swan is an imprint of Transworld Publishers, UK.
• Inverted Swan, a famous stamp featuring a printing error

[edit] See also

• Black Swan emblems and popular culture

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