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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
ISBN: 0767908171
ISBN-13: 9780767908177
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING showcases science's crowning achievements and presents them in readable fashion. With topics ranging from continental drift to the nature of time, Bryson, author of I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF, offers up clearly argued explanations able to reach even the least scientifically inclined. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
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"Loads of good explaining, with reminders, time and again, of how much remains unknown, neatly putting the death of science into perspective."
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published date: 2003
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.9 pounds
Pages: 544
Publisher's Notes
Bill Bryson is one of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey–into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. It’s a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime, as this insatiably curious writer attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. Or, as the author puts it, “…how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also what happened in between and since.” This is, in short, a tall order.
To that end, Bill Bryson apprenticed himself to a host of the world’s most profound scientific minds, living and dead. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemisty, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics and see if there isn’t some way to render them comprehensible to people, like himself, made bored (or scared) stiff of science by school. His interest is not simply to discover what we know but to find out how we know it. How do we know what is in the center of the earth, thousands of miles beneath the surface? How can we know the extent and the composition of the universe, or what a black hole is? How can we know where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out?
On his travels through space and time, Bill Bryson encounters a splendid gallery of the most fascinating, eccentric, competitive, and foolish personalities ever to ask a hard question. In their company, he undertakes a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only this superb writer can render it. Science has never been more involving, and the world we inhabit has never been fuller of wonder and delight.
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New York: Broadway, 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket. No stamps, marks. Slight edgewear.. Not price clipped.. ISBN: 0-7679-0817-1. Hardcover. Very Good. 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.7 inches. ( more information) Offered by SYBERKATZ Books (United States)
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Broadway Books, 2003 This book is in fine condition. The binding is tight and pages are clean. It appears to have had little if any use. The dust jacket is in very good to near fine condition with minor bumps and scuffs.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by visionarybook (United States)
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New York: Broadway. May 6, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F/NF. A highly collectible tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. From primordial nothingness to this very moment, A Short History of Nearly Everything reports what happened and how humans figured it out. To accomplish this daunting literary task, Bill Bryson uses hundreds of sources, from popular science books to interviews with luminaries in various fields. His aim is to help people like him, who rejected stale school textbooks and dry explanations, to appreciate how we have used science to understand the smallest particles and the unimaginably vast expanses of space. With his distinctive prose style and wit, Bryson succeeds admirably. ( more information) Offered by Infinity Books Japan (Japan)
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Broadway Books, 2003. Dust jacket has some rubbing, edgewear and a large tear.. ISBN: 0-7679-0817-1. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. SCIENCE POPULAR WORKS ESSAYS. ( more information) Offered by Valerie Dzendzeluk (Canada)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 2003. Fifth printing trade hard cover with dust jacket, FINE/FINE. Unmarked, square, crisp copy. Jacket is offered in new mylar cover. 544pp., index.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books - Susan Blake and Peter Kohler, Booksellers (United States)
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Broadway Books, New York: 2003. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. The famed and much beloved writer Bill Bryson confronts his greatest challenge: to understand - and if possible, answer - the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people, like himself, made bored (or scared) stiff of science by school. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0767908171. ( more information) Offered by Ad Infinitum Books (United States)
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New York: Broadway Books, 2003 ix, 544 pp.; 25 cm. AS NEW. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Bill Bryson is one of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey--into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. It's a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime, as this insatiably curious writer attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. Or, as the author puts it, 'how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also what happened in between and since.' This is, in short, a tall order. To that end, Bill Bryson apprenticed himself to a host of the world's most profound scientific minds, living and dead. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemisty, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people, like himself, made bored (or scared) stiff of science by school. His interest is not simply to discover what we know but to find out how we know it. How do we know what is in the center of the earth, thousands of miles beneath the surface? How can we know the extent and the composition of the universe, or what a black hole is? How can we know where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out? On his travels through space and time, Bill Bryson encounters a splendid gallery of the most fascinating, eccentric, competitive, and foolish personalities ever to ask a hard question. In their company, he undertakes a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only this superb writer can render it. Science has never been more involving, and the world we inhabit has never been fuller of wonder and delight. / Bill Bryson's bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, In A Sunburned Country, Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words, Bill Bryson's African Diary, and A Short History of Nearly Everything. He lives in Norfolk, England, with his wife and children." - Publisher.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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