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"The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" by Carl Sagan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World

Also around the age of 8 or 9 I read some Erich von Däniken book and got quite excited by what it contained. However, I eventually realised that it was complete nonsense and I got really affronted that people could write books that contained stuff that wasn't true. A useful lesson!

Edit: Another one is "Why People Believe Weird Things":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_People_Believe_Weird_Thing...



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