Sagan, Carl – Demon-Haunted World (Ballantine, 2011)
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Name: Sagan, Carl – Demon-Haunted World (Ballantine, 2011)
Format: epub
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Book:
Title: The Demon-Haunted World
Author: Carl Sagan
Language: English
Year: 1996
Subjects: N/A
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781614981978
Total pages: 247 str.
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"A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought."
Los Angeles Times "POWERFUL . . . A stirring defense of informed rationality. . . Rich in surprising information and beautiful writing."
The Washington Post Book World 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,…
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