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100 1 $aSagan, Carl,$d1934-1996.
245 14 $aThe demon-haunted world :$bscience as a candle in the dark /$cCarl Sagan.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c©1995.
300 $axviii, 457 pages ;$c25 cm
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500 $aErrata slip inserted.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 439-448) and index.
505 00 $tPreface: My teachers --$tThe most precious thing --$tScience and hope --$tThe man in the moon and the face on Mars --$tAliens --$tSpoofing and secrecy --$tHallucinations --$tThe demon-haunted world --$tOn the distinction between true and false visions --$tTherapy --$tThe dragon in my garage --$tThe city of grief --$tThe fine art of baloney detection --$tObsessed with reality --$tAntiscience --$tNewton's sleep --$tWhen scientists know sin --$tThe marriage of skepticism and wonder --$tThe wind makes dust --$tNo such things as a dumb question --$tHouse on fire /$rwritten with Ann Druyan --$tThe path to freedom /$rwritten with Ann Druyan --$tSignificance junkies --$tMaxwell and the nerds --$tScience and witchcraft /$rwritten with Ann Druyan --$tReal patriots ask questions /$rwritten with Ann Druyan --$tAcknowledgments.
520 $aScience as a candle in the dark.
520 $aHow can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don't understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions. Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs. And yet, disturbingly, in today's so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning with stories of alien abduction, channeling past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. As Sagan demonstrates with lucid eloquence, the siren song of unreason is not just a cultural wrong turn but a dangerous plunge into darkness that threatens our most basic freedoms.--Amazon.com.
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