Coming of Age in the Milky Way
by Timothy Ferris (Anchor, 1989)
Ferris, who for years has taught astronomy and related subjects at UC Berkeley, is also the bestselling author of over a dozen books, and one of the best writers on science around. Coming of Age took him 12 years to produce, and won him a Pulitzer Prize nomination.
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