The Pluto Files The Rise And Fall Of America's Favorite Planet

Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Price : $19.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780393350364
Publisher : W W Norton & Company
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Weight (g) : 0.416
Publication date : 01 October 2014
Dimensions : 210mm X 157mm X 13mm
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In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. It is a wonder Pluto has any fans, yet during the mounting debate over Pluto's status, people rallied behind the extraterrestrial underdog. Pluto is entrenched in the American cultural, patriotic view of the cosmos and Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a quest to discover why. Only Tyson can tell this story: he was involved in the first exhibition to demote Pluto and consequently, Pluto lovers have freely shared their opinions with him. In his typically witty way, Tyson explores the history of planet classification and America's obsession with the "planet" that has recently been judged a dwarf.

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Award winning author Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History, the director of the world-famous Hayden Planetarium, a monthly columnist for Natural History and the host of Cosmos.

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