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

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Author:
Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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"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? 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. As Sagan demonstrates with lucid eloquence, the siren song of unreason is not...