Books by Michael Byers
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English
review 1: [Full disclosure: Michael Byers was a college professor of mine at Michigan.]Byers manages this piece of historical fiction, about the discovery of Pluto without making the history seem inevitable and by drawing well-rounded, interesting characters. I didn't like it quite as muc...
language
English
review 1: This is a rather touching account of the discovery of the planet Pluto (which of course is no longer considered a planet)..It made me curious to read more about the actual events, and it is noteworthy for its representation of scientific discovery as a flawed and very human proce...