Good Enough

The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society

Daniel S. Milo

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$28.95 • £20.00 • €26.00

ISBN 9780674504622

Publication Date: 06/18/2019

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320 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

16 color photos, 21 color illus., 1 photo, 2 tables

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Daniel S. Milo is Chair of Natural Philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and has been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago; Mills College; the University of California, Berkeley; Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin; and Tel Aviv University. He has directed two theater productions and produced three films. Good Enough is his ninth book.

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A PopMatters Best Nonfiction Book of 2019

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