Demon-Haunted World : Science As a Candle in

Are we on the brink of a new Dark Age of irrationality and superstition? In this stirring, brilliantly argued book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Dragons of Eden and Cosmos shows how scientific thinking can cut through prejudice and hysteria and uncover the truth, and how it is necessary to safeguard our democratic institutions and our technical civilization.

Carl Sagan is the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University; Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; and co-founder and President of The Planetary Society, the largest space interest group in the world.

Preface: My Teachers	p. xi
The Most Precious Thing	p. 1
Science and Hope	p. 23
The Man in the Moon and the Face on Mars	p. 41
Aliens	p. 61
Spoofing and Secrecy	p. 79
Hallucinations	p. 97
The Demon-Haunted World	p. 113
On the Distinction Between True and False Visions	p. 135
Therapy	p. 151
The Dragon in My Garage	p. 169
The City of Grief	p. 189
The Fine Art of Baloney Detection	p. 201
Obsessed with Reality	p. 219
Antiscience	p. 245
Newton's Sleep	p. 265
When Scientists Know Sin	p. 281
The Marriage of Skepticism and Wonder	p. 293
The Wind Makes Dust	p. 307
No Such Thing as a Dumb Question	p. 319
House on Fire	p. 337
The Path to Freedom	p. 353
Significance Junkies	p. 367
Maxwell and the Nerds	p. 379
Science and Witchcraft	p. 401
Real Patriots Ask Questions	p. 421
Acknowledgments	p. 435
References	p. 439
Index	p. 449
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Demon-Haunted World : Science As a Candle in the Dark

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