Discovery and Classification in Astronomy: Controversy and Consensus by Steven J. Dick

Discovery and Classification in Astronomy: Controversy and Consensus

Steven J. Dick

472 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

science informative slow-paced
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Astronomical discovery involves more than detecting something previously unseen. The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006, and the controversy it generated, shows that discovery is a complex and ongoing process - one comprising vari...

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