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

Preface: My Teachers 1 The Most Precious Thing 2 Science and Hope 3 The Man in the Moon and the Face on Mars 4 Aliens 5 Spoofing and Secrecy 6 Hallucinations 7 The Demon-Haunted World 8 On the Distinction Between True and False Visions 9 Therapy 10 The Dragon in My Garage 11 The City of Grief 12 The Fine Art of Baloney Detection 13 Obsessed with Reality 14 Antiscience 15 Newton's Sleep 16 When Scientists Know Sin 17 The Marriage of Scepticism and Wonder 18 The Wind Makes Dust 19 No Such Thing as a Dumb Question 20 House on Fire* 21 The Path to Freedom* 22 Significance Junkies 23 Maxwell and The Nerds 24 Science and Witchcraft* 25 Real Patriots Ask Questions* Acknowledgments References Index * Written with Ann Druyan