The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

(Book #3 in the Incerto Series)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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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, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game. By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan , this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1400069971

ISBN13:9781400069972

Release Date:November 2010

Publisher:Random House

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.61 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"

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