
The Pluto Files
The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
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Mirron Willis
The year of Pluto's discovery, Disney created an irresistible pup by the same name, and, as one NASA scientist put it, Pluto was "discovered by an American for America." Pluto is entrenched in our cultural, patriotic view of the cosmos, and Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a quest to discover why.
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We love you Neil!
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Entertaining Educational Read even for Pluto Lover
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Are you smarter than a fifth grader
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It's Not a Planet - Get Over It
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Pluto's fall from grace
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Very self aggrandizing, not enough about Pluto
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However, I'm absolutely APPALLED at all the so-called "scientists" who were soooo adamant that Pluto is a planet. You are acting like fools, and I hope you are now embarrassed by your behavior. There is NO place for nostalgia is science. It was only a matter of time that we would learn something new about our solar system. This is the whole point of science! New discoveries are made!
Vocal Scientists who fought for Pluto the Planet: Are you so rooted in your beliefs that you can't fathom new nomenclature for new discoveries? (I highly doubt that all the biologists get together to vote at an international convention, every single time a new species of plant or animal is discovered.) Based on your logic, I'm surprised you're not still pissed off that Fire is no longer considered an Element? Are you so arrogant that you think you've got all the universe figured out? If so, you definitely should not be a scientist. And, FYI, history doesn't tend to "celebrate" scientists that insist on hanging on to their antiquated beliefs in the face of new discoveries. You acted like fools.
Clearly the museum was ahead of it's time. Though, to be clear, the museum exhibit never actually downgraded Pluto. This was a misinterpretation of the exhibit by those who don't know how to think outside their grade school training, along with hype and misreporting from the media.
New Science, Who Dis?
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Great experience. Great narrator and narration. Comical and lighthearted. Education to the process that lead to reclassification. No spoilers here as this serves as a chronological historical account as well.
Great work from a brilliant mind.
Rare enjoyable lighthearted educational experience.
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However, if you are looking for something enjoyable you can't wrong for the price Audible is offering this book for. It really is a steal at around, 5 dollars . . . I mean, Unabridged for less than 10? It is (as of this writing) more expensive to buy the real book!
There is little "advanced" science in this book (most of it you will likely know from middle school), so if you are looking for something to make you "Mr. Smart Pants" in front of your friends, again, not the book for you.
What you will find in it is a lot of history of science, comments on how we present science to the public, and observations on how the public views science. Dr. Tyson writes it all with wit and charm, which the narrator brings off with a degree of skill.
If you are looking to be entertained this audiobook is a good choice, and as a bonus you might even take away some new ideas on how information is presented.
A Great Value
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Over all it was dry, but because it was short it wasn’t so bad. Some boring parts, some interesting factoids….
I don’t have a whole lot to say on this one!
Just as Expected
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