How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown

First, let me say sorry in not doing a review recently.  It's been a crazy busy start of the year as both parent and school librarian, plus we're still working on our dining room remodel.  I finally finished this memoir last night.

Mike Brown was a young up and coming star astronomer at CalTech (pun intended) when he starting looking for planets beyond Pluto.  The problem came when he found something that would start a chain of events leading to Pluto's demotion from planet to dwarf planet, thus changing school science textbooks and museum posters forever.

In my day, we had 9 planets....

There is a fair bit of sciencey stuff going on here, but Brown does a good job of explaining things in everyday terms.  The key part of this being a decent memoir is the amount of reflection Brown does.  He's respected and hated at the same time for the biggest astronomical discovery of our time.

This isn't going to rank among my favorite memoirs of all time, but it was a pleasant read and would be perfect for planetary lovers.  Our seniors interested in science might like this as they start their memoir assignment later this month.

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