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The Pluto files : the rise and fall of America's favorite planet
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The Pluto files : the rise and fall of America's favorite planet

著者： Neil deGrasse Tyson
出版商： New York, NY : W.W. Norton, ©2009.
版本/格式：  图书 : 英语 : 1st ed查看所有的版本和格式
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"In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. Far from the sun, wonder Pluto has any fans. Yet during the mounting debate over rallied behind the extraterrestrial underdog. 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,  再读一些...
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所有的著者/提供者： Neil deGrasse Tyson
ISBN: 9780393065206 0393065200 0393337324 9780393337327
OCLC号码： 154706867
描述： xii, 194 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.
内容： Preface --
1: Pluto in culture --
2: Pluto in history --
3: Pluto in science --
4: Pluto's fall from grace --
5: Pluto divides the nation --
6: Pluto's judgment day --
7: Pluto the dwarf planet --
8; Pluto in the elementary school classroom --
9: Plutologue --
Appendix A: Pluto data (2008) --
Appendix B: Planet X (complete lyrics by Christine Lavin) --
Appendix C: I'm your moon (complete lyrics by Jonathan Coulton) --
Appendix D: Pluto's not a planet anymore (complete lyrics by Jeff Mondak and Alex Stangl) --
Appendix E: Official media response from the author regarding the Rose Center's exhibit treatment of Pluto --
Appendix F: Resolution of the International Astronomical Union on the definition of a planet --
Appendix G: New Mexico Legislation relative to Pluto's planetary status --
Appendix H: California legislation relative to Pluto's planetary status --
Bibliography --
Acknowledgments --
Credits --
Index.
其他题名： Rise and fall of America's favorite planet
Rise & fall of America's favorite planet
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In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. It is a wonder Pluto has any fans, yet during the debate over Pluto's status, people rallied behind the  再读一些...

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The Demotion of Pluto

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Tyson is the director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium and the author of several popular astronomy books (e.g., Death by Black Hole). In 2000, the planetarium opened a new solar system exhibit that presented Pluto not as a planet...
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Catfights in Space!

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If you're afraid of a dry science-y book, put your fears aside. The Pluto Files is a glimpse behind the scenes of museums and other scientific institutions and how they deal with the public and the changing status of their chosen field. There's just enough straight science described so the reader...
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