Is Pluto a planet? :
Weintraub, David A. 1958-
Is Pluto a planet? : a historical journey through the solar system / David A. Weintraub. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007. - ix, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-259) and index.
Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007 Library Journal, November 2006 University Press Titles (A.A.S.L./P.L.A.), September 2007 Publisher's Weekly, October 2006 Booklist, December 2006 Choice, June 2007
Chronicles changes in the definition of "planet" from ancient Greece forward, discussing such topics as the discoveries of Uranus, Neptune, the Kuiper Belt, and extrasolar planets, and examines the question of Pluto's planet status.
Adult Follett Library Resources
0691123489
2006929630
523.2
Is Pluto a planet? : a historical journey through the solar system / David A. Weintraub. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007. - ix, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-259) and index.
Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007 Library Journal, November 2006 University Press Titles (A.A.S.L./P.L.A.), September 2007 Publisher's Weekly, October 2006 Booklist, December 2006 Choice, June 2007
Chronicles changes in the definition of "planet" from ancient Greece forward, discussing such topics as the discoveries of Uranus, Neptune, the Kuiper Belt, and extrasolar planets, and examines the question of Pluto's planet status.
Adult Follett Library Resources
0691123489
2006929630
523.2