The solar system most of us grew up with included nine
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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?
關於作者：
Mike Brown is the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of
Planetary Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology. In
2006 he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 People Who Shape Our
World as well as one of Los Angeles magazine’s Most Influential
People in L.A. He lives in Southern California with his wife and
daughter.
目錄：
Prologue: Plum Dies
1 What Is a Planet?
2 AMillennium of Planets
3 The Moon Is My Nemesis
4 The Second-Best Thing
5 An Icy Nail
6 The End of the Solar System
7 Raining Pouring
8 Lilah, an Intermission
9 The Tenth Planet
10 Stealing the Show
11 Planet or Not
12 Mean Very Evil Men
13 Discord and Strife
Epilogue: Jupiter Moves
Acknowledgments
Index
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