A Short History of Nearly Everything

Special Illustrated Edition

by

624 pages

English language

Published Oct. 5, 2010 by Crown Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-307-88515-9
Copied ISBN!
OCLC Number:
62169830

View on OpenLibrary

View on Inventaire

(2 reviews)

A Short History of Nearly Everything by American-British author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas of science, using easily accessible language that appeals more to the general public than many other books dedicated to the subject. It was one of the bestselling popular science books of 2005 in the United Kingdom, selling over 300,000 copies.A Short History deviates from Bryson's popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics. In it, he explores time from the Big Bang to the discovery of quantum mechanics, via evolution and geology.

18 editions

reviewed A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson

Review of 'A short history of nearly everything' on 'Goodreads'

I got the e-book version because it looked like something I'd enjoy. Well, I did enjoy it, only I enjoyed years ago. It took me two and a half chapters to realize it, but sure enough, I've read this already! As you can see in my last review, I like anecdotal history books, but this a lighthearted look at some great facts -- okay A LOT of great fact. Bill Bryson really does science justice by calling it as he sees it and covering lots of ground. Enjoyable read and highly recommended. Now to start Bossypants.

avatar for armamix

rated it

Subjects

  • Science -- Popular works