The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet

The latest read was by Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet

Neil deGrasse Tyson is the hallmark face of today’s front running scientists. Having the brains to converse with Einstein and the social charm to convey complex science concepts to the common person, Tyson is the perfect author for a book such as this. The Pluto files delves into the history of the now demoted orb “Pluto” so affectionately known prior as the smallest planet, but now understood to be the largest orb in the Kuiper belt. It is an anecdotal book, amusing at best that depicts Tyson’s headache of having to deal with the hate mail after the process of defining a planet shoved Pluto out of the Planet club. It was a fun little read that offered insight into the scientific process and how most scientists are not as concerned with what category something is in, but rather its properties and how it interacts with its surroundings.