The half-life of facts : why everything we know has an expiration date / Samuel Arbesman.
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TextDescription: pages ; cmISBN: 9781591844723 (hardback)Subject(s): Evolution | Science -- Philosophy | Probabilities | SCIENCE / General | MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / GeneralDDC classification: 501 LOC classification: Q 175.32 2012AROther classification: SCI000000 | MAT029000 Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: "A new approach to uderstanding 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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"A new approach to uderstanding 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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