Arbesman, Samuel. <br/><br/>
The half-life of facts :  why everything we know has an expiration date / 
Samuel Arbesman. 
 - viii, 242 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index. 
<br/><br/>Contenidos: The Half-Life of Facts<br/><br/>The Pace of Discovery<br/><br/>The Asymptote of Truth<br/><br/>Moore’s Law of Everything<br/><br/>The Spread of Facts<br/><br/>Hidden Knowledge<br/><br/>Fact Phase Transitions<br/><br/>Mount Everest and the Discovery of Error<br/><br/>The Human Side of Facts<br/><br/>At the Edge of What We Know 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781591844723 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012019142 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Evolution.<br/>Science--Philosophy.<br/>Probabilities.<br/>SCIENCE / General.<br/>MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q175.32.E85  / AR664h 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>501