Merlin's Tour of the Universe: A Traveler's Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars and Everything Far SIGNED FIRST THUS

Ashland: Black Stone Publishers, 2024. First Thus, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Thus, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century. Hardcover. Signed by Neil DeGrasse Tyson in purple ink at page specially bound in by the publisher. First Thus. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". x, 291pp. Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket, with hard bumping and small tears to top corners, rubbing to extremities, and light scattered wear and smudging to front panel. Bound in black paper over boards, with both boards and spine decorated and lettered in silver. Moderate wear to binding, with hard bumping to top corners and small tear to top corner of binding. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean, unmarked, and unread. An admittedly bumped but still quite presentable signed edition of this entertaining and edifying tour of the universe by the iconic astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
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. (Publisher).