The half-life of facts

Samuel Arbesman First published 2012

About this book

"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"--

Subjects

  • evolution
  • mathematics / probability & statistics / general
  • philosophy
  • probabilities
  • science
  • science / general
  • science, mathematics
  • science, philosophy