Why must the rational numbers be fixed on any automorphism of $\mathbb R$?

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I'm studying Model theory using David Marker's "Model Theory: An Introduction".

In the first chapter he presents the following proposition:

Proposition 1.3.5:

Let $\cal M$ be an $\cal L$-structure. If $X\subseteq M^n$ is $A$-definable, then every $\cal L$-automorphism of $\cal M$ that fixes $A$ pointwise fixes $X$ setwise.

and after this, he gives an example that, in the languange of rings $\mathcal{ L }= \{+,-,\cdot, 0,1\}$, the only automorphism of $\mathcal{ M}=(\mathbb R,+,-,\cdot,0,1)$ is the indentity. The argument is as follows:

"Any automorphism of the real field must fix the rational numbers. Because the order is $\emptyset$-definalbe it must be preserved by the automorphism. Because the rationals are dense, the only automorphism is the identity".

I understand why the order must be preserved, and I understand why "order being preserved" + "rationals being fixed" $\implies$ "any automorphism is the identity", but I'm having some trouble understanding why the rational numbers must be fixed by the automorphism.

Why is this the case?

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If it's a field automorphism it must fix $0$ and $1$ as those are the only two numbers equal to their own square. That in turn fixes any two integers $n$ and $m$ as $1+1$ $n$ or $m$ times, which in turn fixes any rational $n/m$.