The demon-haunted world : science as a candle in the dark
Record details
- ISBN: 0307801047
- ISBN: 9780307801043
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (421 pages)
remote - Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [1996]
- Copyright: ©1996
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references |
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 |
Source of Description Note: | online resource; title from epub title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 7, 2021) |
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Genre: | Electronic books. Popular works. |