Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Copyright © 2012 by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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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

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