The why everything we know has an expiration date Arbesman, Samuel. creator text bibliography nyu 2012 monographic eng viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm "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"-- Contenidos: 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 Samuel Arbesman. Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index. Evolution Science Philosophy Probabilities SCIENCE / General MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General Q175.32.E85 AR664h 2012 501 SCI000000 MAT029000 9781591844723 2012019142 DLC 120629 20250703173542.0 17367365 eng