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24 alternatives to On Books - Sam Arbesman on The Half-Life of Facts

On The Half-Life of Facts

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. On Books - Sam Arbesman on The Half-Life of Facts launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Half Life of Facts▲60

   In every discipline, facts change.

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   The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood▲67

   Where the big ideas of the modern era came from

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   The life and times of an American

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   Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

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   Seven Brief Lessons on Physics▲61

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    The Shape of Time▲62

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    Too Big To Know▲70

    Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts

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    Algorithms to Live By▲75

    The Computer Science of Human Decisions

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    Naked Statistics▲66

    Stripping the dread from the data

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14. 14
    Unscientific America▲54

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