Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century Audiobook By Neil deGrasse Tyson cover art

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

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Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Narrated by: Jim Meskimen, André Santana, Bronson Pinchot, Pun Bandhu, Em Grosland, Lauren Fortgang, Luzma Ortiz, Kevin R. Free, Jaime Lincoln Smith
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes listeners 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2024 by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Illustrations © 2024 by Stephen J. Tyson. Originally published in 1989 by Columbia University Press. Excerpt from “Burnt Norton” from Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot, © 1943 by T. S. Eliot; © renewed 1971 by Esme Valerie Eliot, used by permission from HarperCollins Publishers (US) and Faber and Faber, Ltd. (world excluding US) (P)2024 Blackstone Publishing
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Neil's captivating cadence. 😊

love this Scientist!! Neil has captivated me since Cosmos. thank you for your layman explanation of the wonders of the universe.

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Cosmic Enlightenment

To put it shortly, I absolutely love reading things I have prior knowledge of or nothing about. there's this sense of balance listening a story about the universe. Brilliantly explained and even if you can't understand, there's room for growth.

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Merlin’s Tour of the Universe

Like always Neil DeGrasse Tyson delivering another amazing book and full of knowledge that the world needs in today society!!! I love it!

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Facts for days

There really is no story here, no plot, it’s just a collection of facts about the universe. I was confused by the title. That said, all of the facts and information are presented logically and in an easy to understand manner for any high schooler or above.

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Neil keeps the cosmos entering

I buy all of Neil's audio books! He is one of my favorite people on the planet! I enjoyed a fantasy element of a non fiction writing, very clever!

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the questions were very inciteful and well thought out

nothing comes to mind threat I want to bring up at t his moment in time

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