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Merlin's tour of the universe : a traveler's guide to blue moons and black holes, Mars, stars & everything far

Summary: Merlin, a fictional timeless visitor from Planet Omniscia in the Andromeda Galaxy, has observed firsthand many of the major scientific events of Earth's history. In this journey through the cosmos, Merlin responds to popular questions asked by adults and children alike.

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  • ISBN: 9781665019859
  • ISBN: 1665019859
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Revised and updated.
  • Publisher: Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Revised and updated for the twenty-first century--Book jacket.
Formatted Contents Note:
Earth: everybody's favorite place -- Moon: from werewolves to blue moons -- Planets: meet the family. There's eight of them. Get over it -- Asteroids, comets, and meteors: debris of the solar system revealed -- Sun: always a hot topic -- Stargazer: stars, constellations, and legends -- Gravity: weighty questions from all over -- Stars: they rotate. They explode. They collapse -- Light & telescopes: the food source for all astronomical thought -- Galaxies: something to say about all trillion of them -- Time, space, and a sense of where your are: what's "up"? What's time? What's space? -- Black holes, quasars, and the universe: two out of three are to be avoided -- Life: here and there: Earth and omniscia and...
Subject:
Astronomy Miscellanea
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Black holes (Astronomy)
Planets
Stars
Space sciences
Cosmic physics
Genre:
Informational works.
Instructional and educational works.
Trivia and miscellanea.

Available copies

  • 22 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 24 total copies.
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Sneads Ferry Branch Library 520 TYS (Text) 36015000734315 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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