My utter enjoyment of How I Killed Pluto and Why it had it Coming led me to seek out another book on astronomical discovery. Unlike Pluto, The Day we Found the Universe is a bit drier; it spans a longer time period and over a dozen astronomers. “Hubble was lucky in a way. The Hubble Space Telescope could easily have been given another name had certain events turned out differently: if someone had not prematurely died (Keeler), if someone else had not taken a promotion […]