The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. Far from the sun, tiny, and eccentric in orbit, it's a wonder Pluto has any fans. Yet during the mounting debate over Pluto's status, Americans rallied behind the extraterrestrial underdog.The year of Pluto's...
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In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. Far from the sun, tiny, and eccentric in orbit, it's a wonder Pluto has any fans. Yet during the mounting debate over Pluto's status, Americans rallied behind the extraterrestrial underdog.The year of Pluto's discovery, Disney created an irresistible pup by the same name, and, as one NASA s
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780393065206 (0393065200)
Publish date: January 26th 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 194
Edition language: English
The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet covers Pluto’s discovery, the controversy over whether it should be called a planet, and the IAU’s (International Astronomical Union) decision to call it a dwarf planet. It is amusing that their definition for planet references the Sun,...
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fast read clear and easy to understand , that is doctor Neil in this book , I see him as Galileo of this era , just one simple idea here, that Science has nothing to do with emotions and nations , its true whether we like it or not , so please people leave poor Pluto alone .
I wasn't knocked out by the narration on this one, and it really isn't a book one needs to read twice. I adore Tyson, and I think that if he's going to have audio book versions of his works, he should read them himself- his delivery is, forgive me, stellar. The first time through I liked it much be...
This book is a summary of the recent kerfuffle and hoopla over the status of Pluto. There is an excellent history of Pluto, from Planet X (and why that was important) to the diminishing size of Pluto to it's eventual classification as a Kuiper Belt Object. There are also excerpts from humorous (and ...
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