title: The Science of Disorder: Understanding the Complexity, Uncertainty, and Pollution in Our World
author:  Jack Hokikian 
description: The Science Of Disorder is sometimes iconoclastic, inherently interesting, exceptionally well written. -- <i>Midwest Book Review (August 2003)</i><br /><br />The way in which Hokikian applies the Laws of Nature to our world and everyday lives is incredibly interesting. -- <i>BookReview.com (June 2003)</i>
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  Copyright © 2012 by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House
  Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
  
  
  RANDOM HOUSE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
  
  
  LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA  
  Taleb, Nassim.  
  Antifragile : things that gain from disorder / Nassim Nicholas Taleb.  
  p. cm.  
  Includes bibliographical references and index.  
  ISBN 978-1-4000-6782-4  
  eISBN: 978-0-679-64527-6  
  1\. Uncertainty (Information theory)—Social aspects. 2. Forecasting. 3.
  Complexity (Philosophy) I. Title.  
  Q375.T348 2012  
  155.2’4—dc23 2012028697
  
  
  Cover design: Keenan  
  Cover Illustration: based on a photograph  
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  [www.atrandom.com](http://www.atrandom.com)
  
  
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  > _To Sarah Josephine Taleb_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
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  [_Cover_]($00010)
  
  
  [_Title Page_](CR%21WDDHDN