Audio only
The Pluto Files
The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite PlanetBy Neil deGrasse TysonNarrated by Mirron Willis
Length4h 22m
About this audiobook
In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. Far from the sun, tiny, and eccentric in orbit, it’s a wonder Pluto has any fans. Yet during the mounting debate over Pluto’s status, Americans rallied behind this extraterrestrial underdog. The year of Pluto’s discovery, Disney created an irresistible pup by the same name, and, as one NASA scientist put it, Pluto was “discovered by an American for America.” Pluto is entrenched in our cultural, patriotic view of the cosmos, and Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a quest to discover why. Since he was involved in the first exhibits to demote Pluto, Tyson has received plenty of freely shared opinions from Pluto lovers, including endless hate mail from third graders. In his typically witty way, Tyson explores the history of planet classification and America’s obsession with the status of Pluto.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length4 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byMirron Willis
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 19, 2009
LanguageEnglish
More from Neil deGrasse Tyson
Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First CenturyNeil deGrasse Tyson4h 18m$15 · $0.00
StarTalkNeil deGrasse Tyson9h 2m$20
Origins, Revised and UpdatedNeil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith9h 46m$20
Cosmic QueriesNeil deGrasse Tyson, James Trefil6h 18m$17 · $0.00
Astrophysics for Young People in a HurryNeil deGrasse Tyson3h 32m$15
Death by Black Hole, and Other Cosmic QuandariesNeil deGrasse Tyson12h 5m$23
Astrophysics for People in a HurryNeil deGrasse Tyson3h 41m$15
Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First CenturyNeil deGrasse Tyson5h 35m$17
Black Earth WisdomLeah Penniman11h 54m5 (1)$8 · $0.00
Crystals for BeginnersKaren Frazier3h 49m$20
What If? 10th Anniversary EditionRandall Munroe7h 29m$23
Nikola Tesla - Ultimate Collection: 70+ Scientific Works, Lectures & EssaysNikola Tesla48h 43m$2 · $0.00
Total Cat MojoJackson Galaxy10h 13m$23 · $0.00
Earth at NightNational Aeronautics and Space Administration2h 26m$1 · $0.00
My Life Among the UnderdogsTia Torres5h 51m$24 · $0.00
What It Takes to Save a LifeKwane Stewart6h$24 · $0.00
Pastoral SongJames Rebanks8h 35m$26 · $0.00
How Stella Learned to TalkChristina Hunger7h$24 · $0.00
Craig & FredCraig Grossi8h 6m$26 · $0.00
Celebrating BirdsNatalia Rojas, Ana Maria Martinez6h 47m$24 · $0.00
WildingIsabella Tree12h 22m$23
Saving JemimaJulie Zickefoose4h 59m$20 · $0.00
Hot Cowgirl Sh*tLacie Evans2h 15m$15
We Are the Middle of ForeverDahr Jamail, Stan Rushworth13h 39m$23
Will's Red CoatTom Ryan8h 23m$26 · $0.00
Inconvenient FactsGregory Wrightstone3h 54m$17
Of Time and TurtlesSy Montgomery10h 34m$29 · $0.00
Forever HomeRon Danta, Danny Robertshaw, Larry Lindner7h 11m$24 · $0.00
You may also like
Behind the ScreenSamuel Goldwyn7h 12m$1 · $0.00
The LibraryAndrew Lang3h 20m$2 · $0.00
A Complete Guide to DrawingDomingo Manera9h 40m$17 · $0.00
Early Printed BooksE. Gordon Duff5h 55m$2.30
Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private ReadingGeorge Park Fisher33h 25m$1 · $0.00
The Story Of The Sun, Moon, And StarsAgnes Giberne11h 22m$2.40
Ancient Egyptian and Greek LoomsH. Ling Roth1h 38m$1 · $0.00
The Earliest Electromagnetic InstrumentsRobert A. Chipman1h 13m$2 · $0.00
Experiments on the Absence of Mechanical Connexion between Ether and MatterOliver Joseph Lodge1h 34m$1 · $0.00
CricketHorace Gordon Hutchinson12h 51m$2 · $0.00
The Rise and Progress of PalaeontologyThomas Henry Huxley35m$2 · $0.00
RussiaDonald Mackenzie Wallace25h 59m$2 · $0.00
Four Masters of EtchingFrederick Sir Wedmore1h 54m$2 · $0.00
Fossil ButterfliesSamuel Hubbard Scudder3h 18m$2 · $0.00
Chinese-Japanese Cook BookOnoto Watanna1h 54m$2 · $0.00
The discovery and decipherment of the trilingual cuneiform inscriptionsArthur John Booth15h 7m$1 · $0.00
The Romance of Modern MechanismArchibald Williams10h 41m$2 · $0.00
The Fourth DimensionCharles Howard Hinton8h 11m$2.30
The Key to the Family Deed Chest: How to Decipher and Study Old DocumentsEmma Elizabeth Thoyts3h 28m$2 · $0.00
Time and Clocks: A Description of Ancient and Modern Methods of Measuring TimeSir Henry H. Cunynghame4h 30m$1 · $0.00