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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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By
Bill Bryson
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Free shipping Australia wide Ships from USA supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback / softback, 544 pages | | Published In: | United States, 01 January 1900 |
The author of A Walk in the Woods traces the Big Bang through the rise of civilization, documenting his work with a host of the world's most advanced scientists and mathematicians to explain why things are the way they are. Reprint. |
Reviews"Stylish [and] stunningly accurate prose. We learn what the material world is like from the smallest quark to the largest galaxy and at all the levels in between . . . brims with strange and amazing facts . . . destined to become a modern classic of science writing."
--"The New York Times"
"Bryson has made a career writing hilarious travelogues, and in many ways his latest is more of the same, except that this time Bryson hikes through the world of science."
--"People"
"Bryson is surprisingly precise, brilliantly eccentric and nicely eloquent . . . a gifted storyteller has dared to retell the world's biggest story."
--"Seattle Times"
"Hefty, highly researched and eminently readable."
--Simon Winchester, "The Globe and Mail"
"All non-scientists (and probably many specialized scientists, too) can learn a great deal from his lucid and amiable explanations."
--"National Post
""Bryson is a terrific stylist. You can't help but enjoy his writing, for its cheer and buoyancy, and for the frequent demonstration of his peculiar, engaging turn of mind."
--"Ottawa Citizen"
"Wonderfully readable. It is, in the best sense, learned."
--"Winnipeg Free Press"
| Publisher: | Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del | | ISBN: | 076790818X |
| EAN: | 9780767908184 | | Dimensions: | 23.62 x 15.44 x 2.97 centimeters (0.54 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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