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Author Arbesman, Samuel.

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

Publication Info. New York : Current, [2012]
©2012
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1542421~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  501 ARB    AVAILABLE
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Description viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-234) and index.
Subject Science -- Philosophy.
Added Title Why everything we know has an expiration date
ISBN 9781591844723
159184472X
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