The bed of Procrustes : (Record no. 47546)

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LC control number 2010036866
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International Standard Book Number 9780241954096
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Classification number PN6271
Item number .T35 2010
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 818.602
Edition number 22
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Taleb, Nassim Nicholas,
Dates associated with a name 1960-
9 (RLIN) 36298
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The bed of Procrustes :
Remainder of title philosophical and practical aphorisms /
Statement of responsibility, etc Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Penguin Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 112 pages ;
Dimensions 21 cm
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Procrustes -- Preludes -- Counter narratives -- Matters ontological -- The sacred and the profane -- Chance, success, happiness, and stoicism -- Charming and less charming sucker problems -- Theseus, or, living the Paleo life -- The republic of letters -- The universal and the particular -- Fooled by randomness -- Aesthetics -- Ethics -- Robustness and fragility -- The ludic fallacy and domain dependence -- Epistemology and subtractive knowledge -- The scandal of prediction -- Being a philosopher and managing to remain one -- Economic life and other very vulgar subjects -- The sage, the weak, and the magnificent -- The implicit and the explicit -- On the varieties of love and nonlove -- The end -- Postface.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Aphorisms and apothegms.
9 (RLIN) 48119
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Human behavior
General subdivision Quotations, maxims, etc.
9 (RLIN) 59344
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Location Ayesha Abed Library
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Ayesha Abed Library Ayesha Abed Library New Arrivals 16/09/2025 Donated by Farhana Zahir, Assistant Professor, BRAC Business School, BRAC University 5 14 818.602 TAL 3010044804 13/08/2026 07/07/2026 07/07/2026 1 16/09/2025 Book