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Analysis Of Neil Degrasse Tyson's Coming To Our Senses
Neil deGrasse Tyson begins the essay titled “Coming to Our Senses” with a quote to help explain the idea of the five senses to the reader. Later Tyson shows a revised version of the quotation this explains what equipments can be use to help with our senses. In the essay titled “ Coming to Our Senses” by Tyson states that “ Equipped with our five senses, along with telescopes and microscopes and mass spectrometers and particle accelerators and detectors… we [can] explore the universe around us and call the adventure science.” This suggest that with our senses and the equipment it will be more easier for humans to travel and see more adventures.

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