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A Short History of Nearly Everything
 

A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson

From primordial nothingness to this very moment, A Short History of Nearly Everything reports what happened and how humans figured it out. To accomplish this daunting literary task, Bill Bryson uses hundreds of sources, from popular science books to interviews with luminaries in various fields. His aim is to help people like him, who rejected stale school textbooks and dry explanations, to... (read more)

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Timothy
  • Rated 4 stars

“What a trip!
From the tiniest particle we know of to the largest object we have seen in this universe, from the time of big bang (or just right after) to the 21st century.

If I learned anything from this book, it must be that we humans know so little about the world including ourselves. To be fair, it isn't so much that we are ignorant to all these, but rather the world is just so vast and there's simply so much more to know. Indeed, we only just begun to understand anything...”

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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

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  • Judy W

    judy w said:

    “My only problem with it is it's length for YAs.”

    posted 5 days ago
  • Anne H

    anne h said:

    “this is a great easy read. easy meaning the language and writing style that moves even prickly or hard to grasp subjects along with humor. not easy on the science. it really explains a lot of stuff that you've always wanted to understand, and opens you up to concepts that you might not have been familiar with. great for the armchair scientist and proud geek.”

    posted Friday, May 30 2008
  • Jen M

    jen m said:

    “The book is great... it steers my fascination for science, history and more. I think it's a total must read for any science junky or anyone who craves knowledge.”

    posted Monday, May 26 2008
  • S C

    s c said:

    “LOVELOVELOVELOVE this book.”

    posted Monday, May 5 2008
  • Billy A. Yonce

    billy a. yonce said:

    “This was a fantastic book. I read it back in 2003 when it came out, and I still love it. I would definitely recommend checking out the "special illustrated edition" though. It puts actual photographs with the various things discussed, it is very helpful in understanding things most of us have never seen before.”

    posted Saturday, April 26 2008
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