#11 in Popular science
The Demon-Haunted World
- 480
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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About the book
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a 1995 book by the astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan. In it, Sagan aims to explain the scientific method to laypeople and to encourage people to learn critical and skeptical thinking. He explains methods to help distinguish between ideas that are considered valid science and those that can be considered pseudoscience. Sagan states that when new ideas are offered for consideration, they should be tested by means of skeptical thinking and should stand up to rigorous questioning.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.7 across 88 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 37% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Popular science average of 8.3. That is how 8.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 45 | 51% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 43 | 49% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Demon-Haunted World?
It has 480 pages — longer than 83% of the ranked books in Popular science.
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