The Bed of Procrustes

non-fiction work by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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The Bed of Procrustes

Summary

The Bed of Procrustes is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Bed of Procrustes authored Nassim Nicholas Taleb[3].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's genre is recorded as aphorism[5].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's genre is recorded as philosophy[6].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's genre is recorded as non-fiction[7].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's follows is recorded as The Black Swan[8].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's followed by is recorded as Antifragile[9].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's publication date is recorded as +2010-11-30T00:00:00Z[12].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fqqn6x[13].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's Open Library ID is recorded as OL15538467W[14].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's has edition or translation is recorded as The Bed of Procrustes[15].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's main subject is recorded as aphorism[16].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Bed of Procrustes'}[17].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms'}[18].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's OCLC work ID is recorded as 3770682231[19].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 14286203[20].
  • The Bed of Procrustes's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 210246[21].

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Designation and Status

The Bed of Procrustes's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The Bed of Procrustes ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2]

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  12. [14] . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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