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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. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Science as a candle in the dark.
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