WIJFR: How I Killed Pluto...

[trigal]

...and Why it Had it Coming, by Mike Brown

Mike Brown is a Caltech astronomer who spent many years searching for a tenth planet. When he found something a bit larger than Pluto, he realized that Pluto really shouldn't be a planet.

The book is well-written, very readable for the non-scientist layperson, and he combines his professional life with his personal.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut, but I changed my mind and became a teacher instead. I've always been interested in astronomy and reading this book brought me back to my childhood of looking at the stars.

[chicacocodrilo]

This is on my to-read list. I really want to know why poor Pluto had it coming. I've heard nothing but good about it.

[thinklikeajellyfish]

I read this book a few months ago and loved it. It got me re-interested (if that's a word) in astronomy. Now I'm always looking at the sky and finding constellations and planets and tracking the phases of the moon. I've also been to the Griffith Park Observatory in LA quite a few times since reading this book. I loved it, and like you said, it is really accessible to a non-scientist reader. I very highly recommend it as well.