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100 1  Sagan, Carl,|d1934-1996. 
245 14 The demon-haunted world :|bscience as a candle in the dark
       /|cCarl Sagan. 
250    1st ed. 
260    New York :|bRandom House,|c©1995. 
300    xviii, 457 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Errata slip inserted. 
504    Includes 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    Science as a candle in the dark. 
520    How 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. 
650  0 Science|xMethodology|vPopular works. 
650  0 Science|xStudy and teaching|vPopular works. 
650  0 Literacy|vPopular works. 
650  0 Science and civilization|vPopular works. 
650  1 Literacy|vPopular works. 
650  1 Literacy. 
650  2 Science|xmethods.|0(DNLM)D012586Q000379 
650  2 Science|xeducation.|0(DNLM)D012586Q000193 
650  2 Science.|0(DNLM)D012586 
650  2 Philosophy.|0(DNLM)D010684 
650  7 Literacy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00999859 
650  7 Science and civilization.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01108517 
650  7 Science|xMethodology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01108313 
650  7 Science|xStudy and teaching.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01108387 
650  7 Science|xMethodology.|2sears 
650  7 Science|xStudy and teaching.|2sears 
650  7 Literacy.|2sears 
650  7 Science and civilization.|2sears 
650 17 Pseudowetenschap.|2gtt 
650 17 Wetenschap.|2gtt 
655  0 Popular works. 
655  7 Popular works.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423846 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aSagan, Carl, 1934-1996.|tDemon-haunted 
       world.|b1st ed.|dNew York : Random House, ©1996
       |w(OCoLC)605378552 
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