Mike Brown (5) (1965–)
Author of How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
For other authors named Mike Brown, see the disambiguation page.
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- Birthdate
- 1965-06-05
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Hunstville, Alabama, USA
- Education
- Princeton University (AB|Physics)
University of California, Berkeley (MSc, PhD|Astronomy) - Occupations
- astronomer
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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
Mike Brown did a fantastic job of telling the story behind Pluto's demotion. I didn't know about each of the events leading up to the IAU vote and how the cumulative evidence really created a compelling argument for the change. The story was fun and easy to digest for a non-science minded person. It definitely reads more like a memoir or narrative that science text. I really enjoyed this book.
An immensely engaging and personable account of the death of Pluto that will make you care about astronomical bodies you've never even heard of before. I particularly love the insight into the motivations and methodology of astronomy.
Good, interesting read, though the definition of planet that includes 100s, kind of makes more sense to me than having just 8 important objects. It was more memoir like than I expected, with all the family stories, but they were cute.
This a great book for a lot of reasons. This little gem is an excellent description of a scientist involved in his research but it is also a wonderful meditation on dealing with work, the big things and the mundane things, and what happens when life brings to us a partner and, ultimately, a child. I enjoyed reading about Mike Brown the astronomer, but I also was moved when the astronomer realized he was falling in love and the additional joy that came with the birth of his daughter. The issue of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt objects is still not settled. But this is a well written story of how icy minor plants were discovered.… (more)
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