Merlin's Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century
A Traveler’s Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson
You must sign in to see if this title is available for request. Sign In or Register Now
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Oct 29 2024 | Archive Date Not set
Talking about this book? Use #MerlinsTouroftheUniverseRevisedandUpdatedfortheTwentyFirstCentury #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an entertaining and edifying tour of the universe.
In Neil deGrasse Tyson’s delightful journey through the cosmos, his fictional character Merlin responds to popular questions asked by adults and children alike. Merlin, a timeless visitor from Planet Omniscia in the Andromeda Galaxy, has observed firsthand many of the major scientific events of Earth’s history. Merlin’s friends include the most important scientific figures and explorers of all time—da Vinci, Magellan, Newton, Einstein, and Hubble. While Merlin occasionally recounts playful conversations with these luminaries, all questions are answered with authentic science, infused with wit, wisdom, and an occasional rhyme. With the help of intermittent humorous cartoons, Merlin clarifies the details of familiar phenomena like gravity, light, space, and time, and travels to distant stars and galaxies to describe what makes them tick, rotate, explode, and collapse.
Merlin’s Tour of the Universe is perfect for anyone who harbors burning questions on how the cosmos works.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“We all have some questions we’d like to ask about astronomy. Well, here they are—and the answers too, short, straightforward, light-hearted, and correct.”
Isaac Asimov, on the original publication of Merlin’s Tour of the Universe
“Tyson has become the most influential science communicator in the country.”
Vox
Marketing Plan
- #1 New York Times bestselling author
- DeGrasse Tyson is one of the world's leading voices in science and known for making astrophysics understandable
- The author's books have earned high praise from Science News, Scientific American Book Club, Discover magazine, Astronomy magazine, and more
- DeGrasse Tyson's books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Review
- Also available from Blackstone: Cosmic Queries, StarTalk, Origins Revised and Updated, and Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
- National media and magazine coverage
- National print and digital advertising
- Digital advertising campaign
- Scientific media outreach
- Bookseller and library trade show promotion
- Social media campaign
Available Editions
| EDITION | Audiobook, Unabridged |
| ISBN | 9781665019712 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
| DURATION | 4 Hours, 30 Minutes |
Available on NetGalley
Readers who liked this book also liked:
Georgina Ferry, Katalin Kariko, Mary Lou Jepsen, Sheri Graner Ray, Amalia Ballarino, Anna Oliveira, Anaïs Engelmann and Meghan Hale, Anda Waluyo Sapardan, Anna Lukasson-Herzig, Brenda Romero, Clarice Phelps, Claudia Brind -Woody, Coty Craven, Emily Holmes, Erica Kang, Gretchen Andrew, Ida Tin, Kasia Gora, Maria Carolina Fujihara, Marita Cheng, Mary Agbesanwa, Morenike Fajemisin, Rumman Chowdhury, Stephanie Willerth, Tan Le, Yewande Akinola
Biographies & Memoirs, Computers & Technology, Science
Edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell
Horror, Teens & YA
Ernesto Joel Vega Rosales & Jeanette González Seneviratne
Children's Nonfiction, Christian, Religion & Spirituality
