The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan
 
     

Grading scale:
    A+  Instant classic! Top 10 of all time.
A  Should be on everyone's bookshelf. Not even finished       reading, but deserves a second read!
Grade: A-  Why did it have to end? Definitely worth a second read!
B+  Easily recommended to 90% of my friends. I may just read this again!
Would I read something else B  Makes me want to learn more about this subject/genre.
by this author: YES B-  Good book.....now what's next?
C+  Makes for a good bathroom read. Worth the price of the book.
C  Give to charity and use as tax write-off.
C-  How much time did I waste reading that? FOXNews would have been a better option Dan-O!
F  Shred as soon as possible to prevent contamination of others!

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From the Publisher
    How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don't understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience, New Age thinking, and fundamentalist zealotry and the testable hypotheses of science?

Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies as witchcraft, faith healings, 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.