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An edition of The half-life of facts (2012)

The half-life of facts

why everything we know has an expiration date

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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"--

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Evolution, SCIENCE / General, Probabilities, Science, Philosophy, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, Science, mathematics, Science, philosophy

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Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
2014, Penguin Publishing Group
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The half-life of facts: why everything we know has an expiration date
2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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501
Library of Congress
Q175.32.E85 A74 2012, Q175.32.E85A74 2013

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Pagination
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OL25367039M
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halflifeoffactsw0000arbe
ISBN 13
9781591844723
LCCN
2012019142
OCLC/WorldCat
780480465

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