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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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BookThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
ImprintBallantine Books
Published in/by Arrangement withRandom House, Random House
Copyright HolderCarl Sagan
FormatSoft cover
LanguageEnglish
LocationUnited States of America
Copyright1996
This Edition Published1997-03
Catalog Number345-40946-9-1400
Barcode9 780345 409461
EAN 551400
ISBN0-345-40946-9
Price$14.00 US
Price$19.50 Canada
Printer's Key20 19 18 17 16
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number96-97105
ChaptersContents Preface: My Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi 01. The Most Precious Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 02. Science and Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 03. The Man in the Moon and the Face on Mars . . . . . . . . . 41 04. Aliens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 05. Spoofing and Secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 06. Hallucinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 07. The Demon—Haunted World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 08. On the Distinction Between True and False Visions. . . . 135 09. Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 10. The Dragon in My Garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 11. The City ofGrief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 12. The Fine Art of Baloney Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 13. Obsessed with Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 14. Antiscience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 15. Newton's Sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 16. When Scientists Know Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 17. The Marriage of Skepticism and Wonder . . . . . . . . . . . 293 18. The Wind Makes Dust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 19. No Such Thing as 2 Dumb Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 20. House on Fire* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 21. The Path to Freedom* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 22. Significance Junkies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 23. Maxwell and the Nerds . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 24. Science and Witchcraft* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 25. Real Patriots Ask Questions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 * Written with Ann Druyan
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