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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9781591844723
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| Grouping Title | half life of facts why everything we know has an expiration date |
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| Last Grouping Update | 2025-06-22 01:29:55AM |
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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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Probabilities
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