Mike Brown
Astrophysicist at CalTech. Wrote the Pluto book.
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Astrophysicist at CalTech. Wrote the Pluto book.
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Birth date: 1965-06-05
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Amusing. Normally I don't like it when authors bring personal stories into their work, and I was critical of this at the beginning, but Mike Brown did literally make me laugh out loud [kitty litter in washing machine], so...Plus there were some details about the back story of the discovery-scooping...
Even if Pluto is was your favorite planet (after all, it was named after a cartoon dog!) you will be charmed by this account of a scientists' life and work. From this writing Mike Brown obviously has communication skills which I'm sure makes him a popular instructor and lecturer at Caltech. This ...
This book is precisely what I was looking for in a book about Pluto. It contains all the depth of information that The Pluto Files was missing but still had a narrative voice I enjoyed even more than either of the other books. From the story of the narrator's experiences trying to write papers wh...
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Have you every wondered how Pluto got kicked out of the Planetary Club? Mike Brown shares the story of how his discovery of other objects in the further reaches of the solar system got Pluto demoted.Overall, I enjoyed this story. Dr. Brown is obviously a scientist, and his memoir has that little b...
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