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How the World Works: Astronomy traces one of humankind's oldest interests from Neolithic times to NASA, charting our fascination with stars from before Stonehenge to the search for exoplanets and extra-terrestrial life.

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How the World Works: Astronomy traces one of humankind's oldest interests from Neolithic times to NASA, charting our fascination with stars from before Stonehenge to the search for exoplanets and extra-terrestrial life.
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Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a Ph.D. in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including literature and history. In addition, she has written many books on science and technology, and was long-listed for the prestigious Aventis Science Prize in 2004. She lives in Cambridge.