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100			_aCarl Sagan
245			_aThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
250			_aReprint edition
260			_bBallantine Books _c1997 _a New York
300			_a xviii, 457 pages ; 21 cm
505			_a 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			_aIn 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			_a Science -- Methodology -- Popular works. Science -- Study and teaching -- Popular works. Literacy -- Popular works.
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