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The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorism
by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400069971
- ISBN 13
- 9781400069972
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2010. Stated First Edition with full numberline 12mo size hardcover with dust jacket; 112 pages From dust jacket: "This collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses (the author's) major ideas in ways you least expect... It represents (the author's) view of modern civilization's hubristic side effects - modifying humans to satisfy technology, blaming reality for not fitting economic models, inventing diseases to sell drugs, defining intelligence as what can be tested in a classroom, and convincing people that employment is not slavery. Playful and irreverent, these aphorisms will surprise you by exposing self-delusions you have been living with but never recognized." Light wear to dust jacket, notably to top edge and small red dot on bottom of book. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Nassim Nicholas Taleb spends most of his time as a flâneur, meditating in cafés across the planet. A former trader, he is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University. He is the author of Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan , which has spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller list and has become an intellectual, social, and cultural touchstone.
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- Charity Bookstall
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorism
- Author
- Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 1400069971
- ISBN 13
- 9781400069972
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- First Edition; 1st Edition; Aphorisms; Apothegms; Human Behavior; Quotations; Maxims;
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
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