The Pluto files : the rise and fall of America's favorite planet / Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
2009
QB701 .T97 2009 (Mapit)
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Title The Pluto files : the rise and fall of America's favorite planet / Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Author Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780393065206
0393065200
Publication Details New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.
Language English
Description xii, 194 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.
Call Number QB701 .T97 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 523.49/22
Summary An exploration of the controversy surrounding Pluto and its planet status from a renowned astrophysicist at the heart of the controversy.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-182) and index.
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Pluto in culture
Pluto in history
Pluto in science
Pluto's fall from grace
Pluto divides the nation
Pluto's judgment day
Pluto the dwarf planet
Pluto in the elementary school classroom
Plutologue
Appendix A: Pluto data (2008)
Appendix B: "Planet X" (complete lyrics by Christine Lavin)
Appendix C: "I'm your moon" (complete lyrics by Jonathan Coulton)
Appendix D: "Pluto's not a planet anymore" (complete lyrics by Jeff Mondak and Alex Stangl)
Appendix E: Official media response from the author regarding the Rose Center's exhibit treatment of Pluto
Appendix F: Resolution of the International Astronomical Union on the definition of a planet
Appendix G: New Mexico Legislation relative to Pluto's planetary status
Appendix H: California legislation relative to Pluto's planetary status.

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