The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman

The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date



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Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
ISBN: 9781591844723
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Page: 256


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