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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Samuel Arbesman |
| ISBN: | 9781591844723 159184472X |
| OCLC Number: | 780480465 |
| Description: | viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Series Title: | Human body (Gareth Stevens Publishing) |
| Responsibility: | Samuel Arbesman. |
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Abstract:
A new approach to understanding 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.--Publisher information.
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