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The demon-haunted world : science as a candle in the dark / Carl Sagan.
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Title:The demon-haunted world : science as a candle in the dark / Carl Sagan.
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Variant Title:Science as a candle in the dark
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Author/Creator:Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.
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Published/Created:New York : Ballantine Books, 1996.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY Great ReadsWhere is this?
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Call Number: Q175 .S215 1996
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Number of Items:1
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Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 04-07-2024
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY Great ReadsWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Science--Methodology.
Science--Study and teaching.
Literacy.
Science and civilization.
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Genre/Form:Popular works.
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Description:xviii, 457 pages ; 21 cm
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Summary:Are we on the brink of a new Dark Age of irrationality and superstition? In this book, the writer shows how scientific thinking is necessary to safeguard our democratic institutions and our technical civilization. This book is more personal and richer in moving and revealing human stories than anything the author has previously written. With illustrations from his own childhood experience as well as engrossing tales of discovery, he shows how the method of scientific thought can cut through prejudice and hysteria to uncover the often surprising truth. He convincingly debunks "alien abduction," "channelers," faith-healer fraud, the "face" on Mars, and much else. Along the way, he refutes the arguments that science destroys spirituality or is just another arbitrary belief system, asks why scientific study is often stigmatized, discusses the dangers of the misuse of science, and provides a "baloney detection kit" for thinking through political, social, religious, and other issues. -- Jacket
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Notes:"March 1997."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:0345409469 (pbk.)
9780345409461 (pbk.)
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Contents:The most precious thing
Science and hope
The man in the moon and the face on Mars
Aliens
Spoofing and secrecy
Hallucinations
The demon-haunted world
On the distinction between true and false visions
Therapy
The dragon in my garage
The city of grief
The fine art of baloney detection
Obsessed with reality
Antiscience
Newton's sleep
When scientists know sin
The marriage of skepticism and wonder
The wind makes dust
No such thing as a dumb question
House on fire
The path to freedom
Significance junkies
Maxwell and the nerds
Science and witchcraft
Real patriots ask questions.