http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/05/29/review-of-the-day-how-oliver-olson-changed-the-world-by-claudia-mills/ A School Library Journal Blog Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/05/29/review-of-the-day-how-oliver-olson-changed-the-world-by-claudia-mills/#comment-6974 Carol Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:30:52 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/05/29/review-of-the-day-how-oliver-olson-changed-the-world-by-claudia-mills/#comment-6974 What a wonderful review. And this book deserves it. Claudia Mills is a terrific writer. Want to laugh? Read one of her books. This author is consistently good at what she does. What a wonderful review. And this book deserves it. Claudia Mills is a terrific writer. Want to laugh? Read one of her books. This author is consistently good at what she does.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/05/29/review-of-the-day-how-oliver-olson-changed-the-world-by-claudia-mills/#comment-6975 Laurel Kornfeld Sat, 30 May 2009 22:26:15 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/05/29/review-of-the-day-how-oliver-olson-changed-the-world-by-claudia-mills/#comment-6975 Mills may very well have to write a sequel where Oliver discovers his first opinion was the correct one. Pluto is still a planet. Only four percent of the IAU voted on the controversial demotion, and most are not planetary scientists. Their decision was immediately opposed by hundreds of professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto. One reason the IAU definition makes no sense is it says dwarf planets are not planets at all! That is like saying a grizzly bear is not a bear, and it is inconsistent with the use of the term “dwarf” in astronomy, where dwarf stars are still stars, and dwarf galaxies are still galaxies. Also, the IAU definition classifies objects solely by where they are while ignoring what they are. If Earth were in Pluto’s orbit, according to the IAU definition, it would not be a planet either. A definition that takes the same object and makes it a planet in one location and not a planet in another is essentially useless. That is why many astronomers, lay people, and educators are either ignoring the demotion entirely or working to get it overturned. Mills may very well have to write a sequel where Oliver discovers his first opinion was the correct one. Pluto is still a planet. Only four percent of the IAU voted on the controversial demotion, and most are not planetary scientists. Their decision was immediately opposed by hundreds of professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto. One reason the IAU definition makes no sense is it says dwarf planets are not planets at all! That is like saying a grizzly bear is not a bear, and it is inconsistent with the use of the term “dwarf” in astronomy, where dwarf stars are still stars, and dwarf galaxies are still galaxies. Also, the IAU definition classifies objects solely by where they are while ignoring what they are. If Earth were in Pluto’s orbit, according to the IAU definition, it would not be a planet either. A definition that takes the same object and makes it a planet in one location and not a planet in another is essentially useless. That is why many astronomers, lay people, and educators are either ignoring the demotion entirely or working to get it overturned.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/05/29/review-of-the-day-how-oliver-olson-changed-the-world-by-claudia-mills/#comment-6976 Lee Wind Fri, 29 May 2009 09:36:54 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2009/05/29/review-of-the-day-how-oliver-olson-changed-the-world-by-claudia-mills/#comment-6976 Hi Betsy, This sounds great. Thanks for the recommendation. And yeah, if only I could count the number of times I've done a search of subject headings for "self-realization - Fiction." Aaargh! have a great day out in NY! Namaste, Lee Hi Betsy,
This sounds great. Thanks for the recommendation. And yeah, if only I could count the number of times I’ve done a search of subject headings for “self-realization – Fiction.” Aaargh!
have a great day out in NY!
Namaste,
Lee

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