How I Killed Pluto, and Why It Had It Coming Post 1

 For my second book, I have picked How I Killed Pluto, and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown. Mike Brown is well respected in the astronomy field, and I felt like I wanted to read something a bit more scientific this time around. Furthermore, his Twitter bio is pretty funny. I like his sense of humor and hope to learn more about the solar system.

Although I haven’t started reading the book yet, the reviews on Amazon are promising. In particular, this one stood out to me:

I loved the scientific explanations and I love the heartfelt joys of a new father. It make me curious, it made me laugh, it made me nostalgic, and it made me want to go outside and stare at the night sky. - Amazon user TEY

I’m particularly interested in this book because its scientific, but also (apparently) personal as well. As somebody going into an engineering field, it’s especially interesting to me to read about what people do outside of their jobs as well as their actual professions. Scientists always have an interesting, no nonsense take on the world and now more than ever I need that.