A Short History of Nearly Everything
Description
One of the world’s most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author
of A Walk in the Woods and The Body 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 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, travelling 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. Read
more
Features:
Product Details:
- Publisher : Crown; First Edition (September 14, 2004)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 544 pages
- ISBN-10 : 076790818X
- ISBN-13 : 84
- Item Weight : 1.3 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.07 x 1.17 x 9.18 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3 in Natural History (Books) #5 in Science Essays & Commentary (Books) #9 in History & Philosophy of Science (Books)
- #3 in Natural History (Books)
- #5 in Science Essays & Commentary (Books)
| Dimensions | 9.17 × 6.14 × 1.73 in |
|---|---|
| Ean | 9780767908184 |
| Mpn | 2724455751376 |
| GTIN | 09780767908184 |
| Isbn | 9780767908184 |
| ISBN10 | 076790818X |
| ISBN13 | 9780767908184 |
| Upc | Does not apply |
| Brand | Broadway Books |
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