The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference

by Alan Boyle

Book Overview

In support of Pluto-the cutest and most unfairly treated planet Pity poor Pluto: It's a planet that was discovered because of a mistake, a planet that turned out not to be a planet at all, thanks to a still-disputed decision made in 2006. And yet, Pluto is the planet best-loved by Americans, especially children, one that may have contained the building blocks of life billions of years ago and may well serve as life's last redoubt billions of years...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470505443
• ISBN13: 9780470505441
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.1"