Just Visiting This Planet
Categories: Science & Math
In this companion to Merlin's Tour of the Universe, Neil deGrasse Tyson's character Merlin, a visitor from the planet Omniscia, answers more questions about the cosmos. Merlin responds to readers' questions about the Earth and Moon, the Sun and stars, light, physical laws and galaxies, drawing on his friendships with figures such as Archimedes, Galileo and Einstein. Written with humor and illustrated throughout, the book was published in 1998.