The main theme of this book was how much science not only opens are minds but also how much science influences our lives. I liked the example that Sagan uses close to the beginning of this story of how he was at a gathering and asked everyone in the room how many of them had not been helped someway in their lives by science. I thought the fact that only one person raised their hand was a good way of showing just how influential science is in everyone's lives.

I think that there could also be another theme for this book. The other theme I saw to be very present throughout the book

was the mere fact that science alone can not necessarily answer questions but can give the flaws to someone's story. I am very interested in and have been a strong believer in the idea of alien abductions. In fact, I even wrote a whole research essay last year explaining why I believed them to be true. After reading Sagan's book I now wish I had read it earlier. The fact that many of the abducted may have had earlier troubles in life that may have influenced the legitimacy of the person's story never came up in any of the books I had read prior.

In conclusion, I really enjoyed this book. Although at times I was a bit confused on what exactly Sagan was getting at and at times the book was a bit slow, I fought through it and got to the end. Now that I am at the end I realize just how "in the dark" I was and just how to go about changing that. Sagan has allowed me the knowledge to light my candle and keep on burning. No wonder this was a five star book!

Do you believe in Ghost's? Well, truth goes to show that ghost's can not be proved by any scientific method. Sagan believes that many of these so-called ghosts are really just your imagination running wild. That was Sagan's attitude in this book. I think that Sagan believes that science does do a lot of good for this world and for the lives of many, but still there are just some things that have no scientific way of being proved. Whether you believe it or not, if you can't scientifically prove it you really don't have any proof i

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