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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 1 of Advocating science and hope : draft essay Por The Writing Life ADVOCATING SCIENCE AND HOPE by Carl Sagan I was lucky enough to be a child in a time of hope I wanted to be a scientist from my...
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl
- Date: 1994
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 2 of Advocating science and hope : draft essay agendas or knowledgeably question those In authority when clutching our crystals and religiously consulting the newspaper horoscopes our critical faculties in decline unable to distinguish between what feels good and whats true...
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl
- Date: 1994
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 3 of Advocating science and hope : draft essay skeptics to prophecize future events No other human institution comes close One of the reasons for its success is that science has builtin selfcorrecting machinery at its very heart It takes account...
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl
- Date: 1994
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 4 of Advocating science and hope : draft essay that they must live in a future molded by science but so often convinced by their culture that science is not for them I know personally both from having science explained to...
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl
- Date: 1994
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 5 of Advocating science and hope : draft essay Here are some of the reasons that a concerted national effort is needed in radio television newspapers and classrooms but especially in widelyavailable books to bring science to every citizen It makes...
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl
- Date: 1994
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 6 of Advocating science and hope : draft essay antithetical to secrecy Science holds to no special vantage points or privileged positions Both science and democracy encourage unconventional opinions and vigorous debate Both demand adeguate reason coherent argument rigorous standards of...
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl
- Date: 1994
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 7 of Advocating science and hope : draft essay with qualifications and quantifications inadequate credit given to the many scientists involved and insufficient distinctions drawn between helpful analogy and reality Doubtless compromises must be made Like some editors and television producers...
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl
- Date: 1994
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 8 of Advocating science and hope : draft essay 8 scientists writing these books is likewise unprecedented Among the best contemporary scientistpopularizers I think of Stephen Jay Gould EO Wilson and Richard Dawkins in biology Steven Weinberg Alan Lightman and Kip...
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl
- Date: 1994