The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

When the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History reclassified Pluto as an icy comet, the New York Times proclaimed on page one, Pluto Not a Planet? Only in New York. Immediately, the public, professionals, and press were choosing sides over Pluto's planethood. Pluto is entrenched in our cultural and emotional view of the cosmos, and Neil deGrasse Tyson, award-winning author and director of the Rose Center, is on a quest to discover why. He stood at the heart of the controversy over Pluto's demotion, and consequently Plutophiles have freely shared their opinions with him, including endless hate mail from third-graders. With his inimitable wit, Tyson delivers a minihistory of planets, describes the oversized characters of the people who study them, and recounts how America's favorite planet was ousted from the cosmic hub.

Author: Neil Degrasse Tyson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/02/2014
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780393350364
ISBN10: 0393350363
BISAC Categories:
- Science | History
- Science | Space Science | Astronomy
- Science | Space Science | Cosmology