The Half-Life of Facts

Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Mathematics, Applied, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Epistemology, Statistics
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Author: Samuel Arbesman ISBN: 9781101595299
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: September 27, 2012
Imprint: Current Language: English
Author: Samuel Arbesman
ISBN: 9781101595299
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: September 27, 2012
Imprint: Current
Language: English

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.

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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.

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