{"id":5915,"date":"2024-09-15T08:17:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T08:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/the-demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark\/"},"modified":"2024-09-15T08:17:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T08:17:32","slug":"the-demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/the-demon-haunted-world-science-as-a-candle-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nPrice: <span style=\"color:#b12704\"><del>$18.99<\/del> - $11.39<\/span><br \/><i><small>(as of Sep 15, 2024 08:17:33 UTC &#8211; <span class=\"wp_automatic_amazon_disclaimer\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/dp\/0345409469?tag=musadiqhus0f2-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/valvepress.s3.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/buy_now.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u2022 From the renowned astronomer and author of Cosmos comes a \u201cpowerful [and] stirring defense of informed rationality\u201d (The Washington Post Book World) in a world where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace.<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER \u2022\u00a0\u201cGlorious . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought.\u201d\u2014Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n<p>How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don\u2019t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience, New Age thinking, and fundamentalist zealotry and the testable hypotheses of science?<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Casting a wide net through history and culture, Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions. He examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies as witchcraft, faith healings, demons, and UFOs. And yet, disturbingly, in today\u2019s so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning, with stories of alien abduction, \u201cchanneling\u201d past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>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.    <\/p>\n<p> Publisher                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (February 25, 1997) <br \/> Language                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 English <br \/> Paperback                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 457 pages <br \/> ISBN-10                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 0345409469 <br \/> ISBN-13                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 978-0345409461 <br \/> Item Weight                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 2.31 pounds <br \/> Dimensions                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.15 inches <\/p>\n<div id=\"product-summary\" data-hook=\"cr-insights-widget-summary\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none\">\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-medium\">\n<h3 class=\"a-size-base-plus a-color-base a-text-bold\">Customers say<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"a-spacing-small\"><span>Customers find the book very readable, interesting, and fun. 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