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A lighthearted romp through the cosmos, guided by a man whose knowledge and wisdom are vast and whose enthusiasm is infectious. He tackles the big questions about our place in the universe without ever being pompous, condescending, boring or baffling. * Sun Herald * Fred Watson is Australia's go-to man on matters relating to space and time, stars and planets, and all things astronomical. His skill is to breathe life and fire into this biggest of the big sciences. * Australian Woman's Weekly * An entertaining journey around the universe. * Australian Geographic * For the interested layman, budding student, and many others, this book will be an inspiration; I found it fun and a wonderful read. * The Observatory * Watson enlists the aid of some of the planet's coolest gadgets, with the results as illuminating as those endlessly rotating twinkles above us. * Wanderlust *

[Watson] deftly twists and turns between astronomy history and cutting-edge research, ultimately transforming a book about space science and physics into a rarity: light reading packed with valuable information. -- Scientific American

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Professor Fred Watson is astronomer in charge of the Anglo-Australian Observatory at Coonabarabran and is a regular broadcaster on ABC radio. In 2003, Fred received the David Allen Prize for communicating astronomy to the public, and in 2006 was the winner of the Australian Government Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science. Fred has an asteroid named after him but says that if it hits the Earth it won't be his fault. His previous books for Allen & Unwin are Why is Uranus Upside Down? and Stargazer.

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