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The half-life of facts : why everything we know has an expiration date / Samuel Arbesman.

Arbesman, Samuel.
2012
Q175.32.E85 A74 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
The half-life of facts : why everything we know has an expiration date / Samuel Arbesman.
Author
Arbesman, Samuel.
ISBN
9781591844723 hardcover
159184472X hardcover
Published
New York, New York, U.S.A. : Current, 2012.
Language
English
Description
viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number
Q175.32.E85 A74 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
501
Summary
A new approach to understanding the ever-changing information that bombards us. Arbesman is an expert in scientometrics, literally the science of science--how we know what we know. It turns out that knowledge in most fields evolves in systematic and predictable ways, and understanding that evolution can enormously powerful.--Publisher information.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.
Series
Human body (Gareth Stevens Publishing)
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