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Carl Sagan was a brilliant astronomer who also had the enviable talent of being exceptionally good at communicating what he loved to other human beings. For specialists in any field, this skill is in relatively short supply. This talent (or ability, perhaps) is what made Sagan so recognizable and effective outside his own specialized field of all things astro.
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a love letter to scientific skepticism. Sagan’s purpose is to advocate a continuous and enthusiastic insistence on a skeptical, scientific approach to daily life – he is specifically targeting a non-scientist audience. The close of the first chapter gives some insight into what Sagan will attempt to do through the rest of the book, and why: