Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The half-life of facts

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bibliography

Oclc number

780480465

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Samuel Arbesman

Sub title

why everything we know has an expiration date

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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