The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
Arbesman, Samuel
ISBN 10: 159184651X ISBN 13: 9781591846512
Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 2013
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New insights from the science of science
Facts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that the brontosaurus was a real dinosaur. In short, what we know about the world is constantly changing.
Samuel Arbesman shows us how knowledge in most fields evolves systematically and predictably, and how this evolution unfolds in a fascinating way that can have a powerful impact on our lives.
He takes us through a wide variety of fields, including those that change quickly, over the course of a few years, or over the span of centuries.
About the Author:
Samuel Arbesman is an applied mathematician and network scientist. He is a Senior Scholar at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and a fellow at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Wired, New Scientist and the Boston Globe. He lives in Kansas City.
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Title: The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We ...
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good