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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Arbesman, Samuel.     Subjects     Evolution.     Science -- Philosophy.     Probabilities.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Arbesman, Samuel.       by title:      The half-life of fac...       by call number:      501 A664h     Search the Web     Arbesman, Samuel.     Evolution.     Science -- Philosophy.     Probabilities.       MARC Display

The half-life of facts : why everything we know has an expiration date / Samuel Arbesman. by Arbesman, Samuel. Current, 2012. Call #: 501 A664h Subjects Evolution.   Science -- Philosophy.   Probabilities. ISBN:  9781591844723 (hardback) 159184472X (hardback) Alternate title:  Why everything we know has an expiration date Description:  viii, 242 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  The half-life of facts -- The pace of discovery -- The asymptote of truth -- Moore's law of everything -- The spread of facts -- Hidden knowledge -- Fact phase transitions -- Mount Everest and the discovery of error -- The human side of facts -- At the edge of what we know. 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." Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 501 A664h Core Collection - Adult Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 501 A664h Adult books Checked out Jul 13, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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