A Short History of Nearly Everything

Hardcover, 544 pages

English language

Published April 29, 2003 by Broadway Books.

ISBN:
978-0-7679-0817-7
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OCLC Number:
905504363

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Bill Bryson is one of the worlds most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journeyinto the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. Its a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime, as this insatiably curious writer attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. Or, as the author puts it, how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also what happened in between and since. This is, in short, a tall order.

To that end, Bill Bryson apprenticed himself to a host of the worlds most profound scientific minds, living and dead. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemisty, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics and see if there isnt …

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Although the subject matter was vast - all the way from how the universe was born to how humans came to be on earth and based on a lot of scientific knowledge, the book was not in any way boring or dry, but an amazing story. The style was entertaining and light, but not too light. And in the end left me with a sense of amazement of the fact that I am here writing this review of this book.

This is how science should be taught in school.

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  • Science -- Popular works