The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

This is the last book of Carl Sagan, an astronomer, astrophysicist and an outstanding popularizer of science, published after his death. This book, dedicated to one of his favorite topics - the human mind and the fight against pseudoscientific stupidity - is a kind of summary of all his work. Myths about Atlantis and Lemuria, faces on Mars and encounters with aliens, magic and reincarnation, clairvoyance and Bigfoot, creationism and astrology - Sagan consistently and ruthlessly exposes the myths created by ignorance, fear and self-interest.