A Short History of Nearly EverythingOne 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. |
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Comentariu Utilizator - Kamesh Chivukula - GoodreadsA great book on the history off science from a master story teller. After reading this book I was Grief stricken for not choosing science as a career of choice. After reading the paper back, I brought ... Citiți recenzia completă
Review: A Short History of Nearly Everything
Comentariu Utilizator - NinjaK - GoodreadsWhat an awesome book! I loved Bryson's humor scattered throughout, and I loved how he was able to make very complicated scientific concepts simple enough for a layperson to understand without once being condescending about it. Everyone should read this! Citiți recenzia completă
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THE SIZE OF THE EARTH | 41 |
The StoneBreakers | 63 |
Science Red in Tooth and Claw | 79 |
Elemental Matters | 97 |
A NEW AGE DAWNS | 113 |
Getting the Lead Out | 149 |
LIFE ITSELF | 237 |
PART THE ROAD TO | 417 |
NOTES | 473 |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition Bill Bryson Previzualizare limitată - 2010 |
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