The incomparable Bill Bryson travels through time and space to introduce us to the world, the universe and everything in this groundbreaking book, the most efficient selling popular science book of the 21st century.
The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies.
‘In all probability the most efficient scientific primer ever published.’ Economist
‘In point of fact impressive…It’s hard to consider a better rough guide to science.’ Guardian
‘A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide’ The Times
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can’t contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to remember everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the upward thrust of civilization – how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.
‘In all probability the most efficient scientific primer ever published.’ Economist
‘In point of fact impressive…It’s hard to consider a better rough guide to science.’ Guardian
‘A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide’ The Times
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can’t contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to remember everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the upward thrust of civilization – how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.
Bill Bryson’s challenge is to take subjects that usually bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and particle physics, and see if there is not some way to render them comprehensible to those that have never thought they could be interested in science. Consequently,
A Short History of Nearly Everything reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.
Category: History
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