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 Cover
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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

Neil deGrasse Tyson

The #1 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 first-hand many of the major scientific event...

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It was mentioned as a Q&A book where Neil explored the invention of the wheel, leading to the creation of the caveperson names Trog and Lo-dyte.

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The reason why I did this for one of my books, a Q&A book, Merlin's Tour of the Universe.

— Episode: Extended Classic – Cosmic Queries Galact...

Episode: Extended Classic – Cosmic Queries Galactic Gumbo

It was mentioned as a Q&A book where Neil explored the invention of the wheel, leading to the creation of the caveperson names Trog and Lo-dyte.

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The reason why I did this for one of my books, a Q&A book, Merlin's Tour of the Universe.

Episode: Cosmic Queries – Science Is Cool

It was Neil deGrasse Tyson's first book, which stemmed from his question-and-answer column called 'Merlin' that he wrote for a magazine.

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My very first book was called Merlin's Tour of the Universe.

Episode: Extended Classic – Cosmic Queries Galactic Gumbo

It was mentioned as a Q&A book in which Neil deGrasse Tyson created female caveman names, Trog and Lo-dyte, in a hypothetical conversation about the invention of the wheel.

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The reason why I did this for one of my books, a Q&A book, Merlin's Tour of the Universe. Someone had asked when the wheel was invented.

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