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Pros
Pluto was discovered in 1930 by an american amateur astronomer. The demotion of pluto is a sign of our amazing achievements over the last eighty years. The pluto files is an informative and very entertaining chronicle of pluto's planethood controversy... Read More
Neil degrasse tyson is carrying on carl sagan’s work impressively. He is always impressively witty and informative and able to communicate scientific information to the general public. I hope that many missions follow new horizons and i want tyson to ... Read More
This piece is light-hearted and humorous while still dispensing valuable information. Each chapter has great colorful photos, diagrams, charts and other graphics.
Tyson points out that this is not the first time we have done such a reclassification. Tyson spins several theories to explain why downgrading pluto was so controversial. Tyson retells the whole story with an engaging narrative.
Tyson's book, the pluto files, describes the media circus around the surprise controversy. Tyson provides an even-handed discussion on the topic of whether pluto should be considered a planet or not. His view is nuanced and based on science, and he is... Read More
Cons
I know that kindle doesn't show color, but the color illustrations could have been reproduced in gray scale. On the down side, there wasn't much depth to this book. Each illustration had a different color.
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Quality
Others were more than happy to throw pluto into the kuiper belt with the other icy mudballs
Most readers are likely to be at least a little familiar with the scientific scandal of the 2000s that led to pluto being dropp... Read More
Competitiveness
Zone 5the gas giants huge and diffuse
Tyson does a godd job showing both sides of the story and explaining the eventual outcome
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If you love neil degrasse tyson and hate pluto then this is the book for you
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A delightful tale of a grown man almost single handedly breaking the hearts of every child in american by passive aggressively telling them that pluto was not a real planet
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In this case size really did matter and pluto just didnt cut it
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While astronomy is discussed throughout the more interesting and frankly entertaining portions were those describing the passions of people debating the status of pluto
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I enjoyed the way he worded a lot of things so it didnt sound so bias
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This book is plainly written with simple pictures to help the story move along from the discovery of pluto to its eventual reclassification
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Neil tyson is a national treasure
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An interesting view from inside the plutodemotion hubabaloo written shortly after the fireworks began
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