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A World Full of Demons: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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A World Full of Demons: Science as a Candle in the Dark
14.99 €
"A World Full of Demons" is the last book of Carl Sagan, astronomer, astrophysicist and prominent popularizer of science, published after his death. This book, devoted to one of his favorite topics - the human mind and the fight against pseudoscientific nonsense - is a kind of summation of all his work. Myths about Atlantis and Lemuria, faces on Mars and alien encounters, magic and reincarnation, clairvoyance and Bigfoot, creationism and astrology - Sagan consistently and ruthlessly debunks myths created by ignorance, fear and self-interest. This book is a skeptic's manifesto, a textbook of common sense and the scientific method. A vivid, deeply personal text - not only a battle with pseudoscience, but also an amazing picture of the formation of the scientific worldview, the greatest discoveries and ascetics. Science for Sagan is pure joy, it is amazing in itself. Take just a few facts: all information about man is contained in every cell of the body, quasars are so far away that their light began to radiate towards the Earth before it was formed, all humans - relatives and come from the same ancestors who lived a few million years ago. Science offers unprecedented possibilities, and humanity no longer needs to invent idols and allow itself to be manipulated.
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