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Is Pluto a Planet? : A Historical Journey Through the Solar System Paperback - 2008
by Weintraub, David A
- Used
This volume tells the story of how the meaning of the word "planet" has changed from antiquity to the present day, as new objects in our solar system have been discovered. In lively, thoroughly accessible prose, Weintraub provides the historical, philosophical, and astronomical background that allows readers to decide whether Pluto is indeed a planet.
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- Title Is Pluto a Planet? : A Historical Journey Through the Solar System
- Author Weintraub, David A
- Binding Paperback
- Edition With a New posts
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2008-12-14
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 9381478-75
- ISBN 9780691138466 / 069113846X
- Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 8.72 x 6.06 x 0.69 in (22.15 x 15.39 x 1.75 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Solar system, Planets
- Dewey Decimal Code 523.4
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"No matter which side of the debate you find yourself on, Is Pluto a Planet? will equip you with all the information you need to win your argument. And along the way, David Weintraub treats you to a fascinating tour of the past, present, and future of our attempts to understand the solar system and our place within it."--Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, New York City
"Is Pluto a planet? Sure it is. But is it a major planet like Mars and Jupiter, or is that distant tiny body more in league with Ceres, long ago catalogued as the first and largest of the minor planets? What degree of 'planethood' should be conferred on an object orbiting a star--too small to be a star itself, yet big enough to be round? With these stimulating questions (and more) in mind, I fully support Weintraub's conclusion that our youngsters get short shrift by learning only a simple mnemonic aid when introduced to the planets around our sun."--Brian G. Marsden, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
"David Weintraub tells a coherent tale with an ingenious story line. Well written and convincingly presented, Is Pluto a Planet? will appeal widely to general readers. It covers a topic that has exploded in the past decade, but I do not know of any other popular account of the outer solar system."--Owen Gingerich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, author of The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
"General readers interested in the Pluto controversy will find much of interest in this book, which shows how the concept of 'planet' has evolved throughout history. As a professional interested in this topic, I found the historical narrative quite illuminating and useful."--Gibor Basri, University of California, Berkeley and Co-Investigator, NASA's Kepler Mission