Liked this book - a "history" of the demotion of Pluto. Lots of letters, arguments, poems, songs - it is interesting how much feeling goes into the classification of celestial objects.
It is nice to hear the types of discussion that go on in taxonomy - lists and labels aren't really scientific, the science underlies them, but the actual organization and definition can go many different ways - made for interesting read.
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