A Short History Of Nearly Everything By Bill Bryson

Original publishing date of the novel is february 4 2003.

A short history of nearly everything by bill bryson. A short history deviates from bryson s popular travel book genre instead describing general sciences such as chemistry paleont. Author bill bryson begins a short history of nearly everything by saying that he s glad the reader can join him especially because the reader like every other living being only exists because of a long chain of history starting with atoms and resulting in complex life. It was one of the bestselling popular science books of 2005 in the united kingdom selling over 300 000 copies. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.

It s nearly everything okay it s really not nearly everything but it gets into astronomy neanderthals and volcanoes. It s a history bryson tells us what he knows or believes happened but doesn t hesitate to point out what he doesn t know. We recently enjoyed the adult version of bill bryson s book a short history of nearly everything thoroughly as every book by this author and thought of giving it to young friends 8 and 11 years old who s goal in life it to become paleontologists. The book follows the genre of non fiction popular science.

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. It s short although it s actually quite long but bryson writes so fluidly. A short history of nearly everything bill bryson a short history of nearly everything by american author bill bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas of science using easily accessible language that appeals more so to the general public than many other books dedicated to the subject. 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.