Arbesman Samuel
Arbesman Samuel - The Half Life Of Facts Why Everything We Know Has An Expiration Date - Paperback
Arbesman Samuel - The Half Life Of Facts Why Everything We Know Has An Expiration Date - Paperback
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Description: Facts change all the time and what is known about the world is constantly in flux. There is an order to the state of knowledge an explanation for how facts are formed. Samuel Arbesman is an expert in the field of scientometrics literally the science of science. In this book Arbesman encompasses a wide variety of fields and speeds of change all illustrated with intriguing examples. The Half - Life of Facts is a riveting journey into the counterintuitive fabric of knowledge offering a new way to measure the world and showing the limits of how much can be known with certainty.
Title: The Half Life Of Facts Why Everything We Know Has An Expiration Date
Author(s): Arbesman Samuel
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Barcode: 9781591846512
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 8/27/2013
Category: Popular Science
Description: Facts change all the time and what is known about the world is constantly in flux. There is an order to the state of knowledge an explanation for how facts are formed. Samuel Arbesman is an expert in the field of scientometrics literally the science of science. In this book Arbesman encompasses a wide variety of fields and speeds of change all illustrated with intriguing examples. The Half - Life of Facts is a riveting journey into the counterintuitive fabric of knowledge offering a new way to measure the world and showing the limits of how much can be known with certainty.
Title: The Half Life Of Facts Why Everything We Know Has An Expiration Date
Author(s): Arbesman Samuel
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Barcode: 9781591846512
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 8/27/2013
Category: Popular Science
