The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

(Book #3 in the Incerto Series)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The author of the modern classics The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb expresses major ideas in ways you least expect in this collection of aphorisms and meditations--now expanded with fifty percent more material than the hardcover.

The Bed of Procrustes takes its title from the Greek myth of a man who made his visitors fit his bed to perfection, either by stretching...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0812982401

ISBN13:9780812982404

Release Date:October 2016

Publisher:Random House Trade

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.36 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.2" x 7.9"

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