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The demon-haunted world : science as a candle in the dark

Author: Carl Sagan
Publisher: New York : Random House, ©1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Science as a candle in the dark.
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Genre/Form: Popular works
Ouvrages de vulgarisation
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.
Demon-haunted world.
New York : Random House, c1996
(OCoLC)605378552
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Carl Sagan
ISBN: 039453512X 9780394535128
OCLC Number: 32855551
Notes: Errata slip inserted.
Description: xviii, 457 p. ; 25 cm.
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 things as a dumb question --
House on fire --
The path to freedom --
Significance junkies --
Maxwell and the nerds --
Science and witchcraft --
Real patriots ask questions --
Acknowledgments.
Responsibility: Carl Sagan.
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Science as a candle in the dark.

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