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The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Paperback • 2016 • English

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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About the book

With fifty percent more material than the hardcover, this expanded edition of The Bed of Procrustes is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, and Antifragile . By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan , this collection of aphorisms and meditations...Show more

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ISBN

9780812982404

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Format

Paperback

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