The half-life of facts : (Record no. 3562)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 120629s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2012019142
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 159184472X : HRD
Terms of availability $25.95
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781591844723
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)780480465
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Source of stock number/acquisition Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number Q175.32.E85
Item number A74 2012
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 501
Edition information 23
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 501
Item number Ar664h
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Arbesman, Samuel.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The half-life of facts :
Remainder of title why everything we know has an expiration date /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Samuel Arbesman.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Current,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2012.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii, 242 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 24 cm
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term unmediated
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term volume
Source rdacarrier
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-234) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "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"--
Assigning source Provided by publisher.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Evolution.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science
General subdivision Philosophy.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Probabilities.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element SCIENCE / General.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
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c c.1
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t Book
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p 25.95
999 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (KOHA)
-- DEWEY
-- 51994001699737
-- 8/30/2013
-- 6/29/2023
-- 5
-- CIRCSTACKS
-- LRC
-- 1
-- $25.95
-- Y
-- Y
-- BOOK
-- 12/21/2012
-- PRINT
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Copy number Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Odessa College Odessa College Stacks 12/21/2012 26.00   501 AR664H 51994001699737 1 Books