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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.
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Science, Popular works, Ciencia, Obras populares, Science, popular works, Obras de divulgacio n., Natuurwetenschappen, Sciences, Ouvrages de vulgarisation, Wetenschapsbeoefening, Origin, Life, Humor, Travel, Philosophy, Culture, Nonfiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Human beings, popular science, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, 30.01 history of the exact sciences, Einführung, Naturwissenschaften, Wetenschapsfilosofie, Natuurlijke historie, Einfu hrung, Large type books, Allgemeinwissen, Cosmology, Geology. Earth sciences, Science--popular works, Q162 .b88 2003, Q162 b916s 2003, 500, Science - general & miscellaneous, History & philosophy of science, Civilization - historyPlaces
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
May 16, 2017, Random House Audio
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Oct 28, 2016, Bolinda/Audible audio
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Een kleine geschiedenis van bijna alles
2016, Olympus
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9046705188 9789046705186
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Una breve historia de casi todo
Septiembre 2013, RBA Libros, S.A.
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Une histoire de tout, ou presque ...
2011-05, Petite Biblio Payot
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Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem
2009, Goldmann Verlag
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3442310024 9783442310029
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A Short History of Nearly Everything: Library Edition
Oct 01, 2007, Findaway World Llc
0739375571 9780739375570
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
October 2006, Anchor Canada
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0385663552 9780385663557
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Una breve historia de casi todo / A Short History of Nearly Everything
November 1, 2006, Rba
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in Spanish
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8478717986 9788478717989
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Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem
2006, Wilhelm Goldmann
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Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem
September 12, 2005, Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag GmbH
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A short history of nearly everything
2005, Broadway Books
in English
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0767923227 9780767923224
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Una breve historia de casi todo ( A Brief Story of Nearly Everything) (Bolsillo)
September 1, 2005, RBA
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in Spanish
8478713808 9788478713806
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Una Breve Historia De Casi Todo (El Ojo Infalible)
January 2, 2005, Grupo Oceano
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in Spanish
9706517588 9789706517586
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A short history of nearly everything
2005, Broadway Books
in English
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Short History of Nearly Everything
September 2004, Tandem Library
Unknown Binding
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Una Breve Historia de Casi Todo
September 30, 2004, Rba Libros
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Short History Of Nearly Everything
Oct 08, 2004, Black Swan, Brand: Broadway Books
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0552151742 9780552151740
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A short history of nearly everything
2004, Broadway Books
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A short history of nearly everything
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A short history of nearly everything
2003, Random House, Random House Audio
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
2003, Broadway Books
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A short history of nearly everything
2003, Random House Large Print
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Una breve historia de casi todo
May 29, 2003, Circulo de Lectores
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
2003, Broadway Books
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A short history of nearly everything [Talking book].
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