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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

Von: Mike Brown
Gesprochen von: Ryan Gesell
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 The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of its resulting in one more planet being added to our solar system, Brown’s find ignited a firestorm of controversy that riled the usually sedate world of astronomy and launched him into the public eye. The debate culminated in the demotion of Pluto from real planet to the newly coined category of “dwarf” planet. Suddenly Brown was receiving hate mail from schoolchildren and being bombarded by TV reporters—all because of the discovery he had spent years searching for and a lifetime dreaming about.

Filled with both humor and drama, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming is Mike Brown’s engaging first-person account of the most tumultuous year in modern astronomy—which he inadvertently caused. As it guides readers through important scientific concepts and inspires us to think more deeply about our place in the cosmos, it is also an entertaining and enlightening personal story: While Brown sought to expand our understanding of the vast nature of space, his own life was changed in the most immediate, human ways by love, birth, and death. A heartfelt and personal perspective on the demotion of everyone’s favorite farflung planet, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming is the book for anyone, young or old, who has ever dreamed of exploring the universe—and who among us hasn’t? Nord-, Mittel- & Südamerika Wissenschaft
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Pleasantly narrated, this book manages to captivate both the scientifically educated and the interested listener to paint a beautiful image of our night sky and give an exciting overview of modern planetary observation. The personal story of Mike Brown is fascinating and exciting and will certainly be the reason behind some of the eyes gazing towards the sky at night!

A thrilling story about an astronomer’s life goal to provide the world with the truth about Pluto and the planets

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Ich finde die Geschichte schon ganz interessant, aber irgendwann ist es dann auch genug. Nach einiger Zeit hat man das Gefühl, dass es sich im Kreis dreht.

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