New Horizons to Pluto

In 2015, 85 years after Pluto was discovered, it was finally reached by the New Horizons space probe, and what the probe found there transformed our understanding of that distant world. This up-to-date, detailed and colourful book tells the story of Pluto, from the early fruitless searches for the mysterious Planet X, through Clyde Tombaugh's triumphant discovery of the planet and the subsequent decades of research, culminating in the New Horizons mission. Including exclusive information from many world experts on Pluto and New Horizons, it covers every aspect of the story, in fact, fiction and art - and it looks to the future of both Pluto and probe.

About the author
Dr Mike Goldsmith studied variable stars and cosmic dust at Keele University, receiving his Ph D in 1987. Since then he has written more than fifty books and scientific papers on a variety of subjects, including astronomy and astrophysics. After working in the field of acoustics for many years, as head of the Acoustics Group of the UKs National Physical Laboratory, he is now a freelance researcher and science writer. He lives in Twickenham.