A short history of nearly everything

By Bill Bryson

Subjects: Science - general & miscellaneous, Geology. Earth sciences, Obras de divulgacio n., Travel, Life, History & philosophy of science, Science--popular works, Origin, Popular works, Humor, 500, Philosophy, Ciencia, Q162 b916s 2003, Q162 .b88 2003, Nonfiction, popular science, Ouvrages de vulgarisation, Wetenschapsfilosofie, Cosmology, Wetenschapsbeoefening, Reading Level-Grade 11, Open Library Staff Picks, Large type books, Einführung, Civilization - history, 30.01 history of the exact sciences, Science, popular works, Allgemeinwissen, Reading Level-Grade 12, Sciences, Culture, Naturwissenschaften, Natuurwetenschappen, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Science, Obras populares, Human beings, Natuurlijke historie, Einfu hrung

Description: 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. 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. Bill Bryson wrote this book because he was dissatisfied with his scientific knowledge—that was, not much at all. He writes that science was a distant, unexplained subject at school. Textbooks and teachers alike did not ignite the passion for knowledge in him, mainly because they never delved in the whys, hows, and whens. The ebook can be found elsewhere on the web at: http://www.huzheng.org/bookstore/AShortHistoryofNearlyEverything.pdf