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Consider the halflife of facts the new goto book on the evolution of science and. In this edition, page numbers are just like the physical edition. Academics refer to an event called the halflife of facts, which says that over time. Consider the halflife of facts the new goto book on the evolution of science and technology. Read new york times newspaper archives, mar 7, 1886, p. A guide to knowledge, episode 7 from series k of qi.
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