Pre-Owned The Pluto Files : The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet (Hardcover) 9780393065206

from karenweyant

When The Pluto Files first arrived in the mail, I was surprised at the slim size. I automatically thought that I wouldn't get much information from this book -- but boy, was I wrong. Neil Degrasse Tyson's thin book packs a lot of punch. Examining the history of Pluto through both science and popu...

from briealeida

I love Neil deGrasse Tyson! This book is a great read for anyone interested in getting caught up on all things Plutonian, from it's discovery, naming, time as a planet, and the controversy surrounding it's fall from planethood. It is a little "dumbed down" and anyone from a smart middle schooler ...

from NielsenGW

Tyson, Neil DeGrasse. The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet. New York: W.W. Norton, 2009. 176 pp. $23.95. Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Pluto Files claims to chronicle the history of the "planet" Pluto and it mostly accomplishes this feat. His history of the discovery of the las...

from themulhern

This book has a bunch of interesting things to say about humanity's changing understanding of the cosmos and how Pluto fits into that understanding. It even has a bunch of interesting characters like William Herschel, the discoverer of Uranus, and Jane Luu, one of the co-discoverers of the first ...

from phyllis01

This is a terrific little book that gives a quick but thorough history of how Pluto was discovered, given planet status, and then demoted. Tyson is one of those brilliant people who is able to distill his smarts down to us math/science impaired folks in a non-intimidating way. He doesn't shy away...