The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's F

Degrasse Tyson, Neil

ISBN 10: 0393350363 / ISBN 13: 9780393350364

Editore: WW Norton, 2014

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Riassunto:

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.

Recensione: Wonderfully entertaining.... Uses an engaging mix of facts, photographs, cartoons, illustrations, songs, e-mails, and humor to explain what's up (and down) with Pluto.... The Pluto Files is positively transporting. Out of this world. --Heller McAlpin

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Titolo: The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of ...
Casa editrice: WW Norton
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: New
Edizione: Reissue.