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Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World (This is a two week reading assignment.)
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Questions
The subtitle of Sagan’s work is Science as a Candle in the Dark. What do you suppose he meant to
suggest? What is pseudo science? What is it about the scientific approach that would
cause a man like Sagan to place so much faith in it? Name five major scientific discoveries of the twentieth century and consider what advantages were thereby provided for society.
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