The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Record no. 296122)
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fixed length control field | 01441nam a22001697a 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780345409461 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 501 SAG-D .PS |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Carl Sagan |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
Edition statement | Reprint edition |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Ballantine Books |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1997 |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xviii, 457 pages ; 21 cm |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | 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 thing as a dumb question -- House on fire -- The path to freedom -- Significance junkies -- Maxwell and the nerds -- Science and witchcraft -- Real patriots ask questions. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | In this engrossing, thought-provoking and entertaining book, the author convincingly shows how alien abduction stories and other paranormal tales are simply the modern version of fairies and other ancient demons that exist only in the human mind. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science -- Methodology -- Popular works. Science -- Study and teaching -- Popular works. Literacy -- Popular works. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 19/01/2016 | 501 SAG-D .PS | DCB2872 | 19/01/2016 | 19/07/2019 | Book |