A Really Short History of Nearly Everything


One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In a Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, traveling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.

Author(s): Bill Bryson  

ISBN 10: 0385738102
ISBN 13: 9780385738101
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Publication: October 2009
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Other books by Bill Bryson

1. "Walkabout: ""A Walk in the Woods"", ""Down Under""" Hardcover (2002/10/01)
2. A Really Short History of Nearly Everything Hardcover, 2008
3. A Really Short History of Nearly Everything Hardcover, 2003 (2003)
4. A Short History of Nearly Everything Paperback (September 2004)
5. A Short History of Nearly Everything Hardcover (May 2003)
6. A Short History of Nearly Everything Paperback (October 2010)
7. A Short History of Nearly Everything MP3 Book (October 2006)
8. A Short History of Nearly Everything MP3 Book (November 2007)
9. A Short History of Nearly Everything MP3 on CD, 2006 (February 2006)
10. A Short History of Nearly Everything Other Format, 2007 (2006)
11. A Short History of Nearly Everything Other Format, 2006
12. A Short History of Nearly Everything Audio Cassette, 2003 (2003/10/28)
13. A Short History of Nearly Everything Unknown Binding (February 2006)
14. A Short History of Nearly Everything Audio Cassette, 2003 (2003/10/07)
15. A Short History of Nearly Everything Library Binding
16. A Short History of Nearly Everything Library Binding, 2008 (October 2008)

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