Although I am yet to finish this, it really is a good way to get into Science. I never really enjoyed science while I studied it at school, but the idea of real-world science always fascinated me, it was just the school environment of science that I disliked.Bill Bryson really brings the history of ...
Although I am yet to finish this, it really is a good way to get into Science. I never really enjoyed science while I studied it at school, but the idea of real-world science always fascinated me, it was just the school environment of science that I disliked.Bill Bryson really brings the history of ...
Layman attempt to explain the mysteries of the universe. At times funny but at other times very dry. There is just no way to easily explain some scientific principles. Overall, if you want an insight or slight understanding of the scientific world, this in not a bad place to start. Bryson's writ...
It's easy to nitpick A Short History of Nearly Everything. Bryson, by his own cheerful admission anything but a scientist, makes a fair number of mistakes. He says that all living creatures contain hox genes; he omits Alexander Friedmann and George Gamow from his description of how the Big Bang theo...
I really liked this book. Mr. Bryson has a writing style that makes science enjoyable and accessible. I highly recommend it to anyone who has even a passing interest in the world around us.There were a few places where the science was just too extreme to explain to my poor brain. String theory, w...
This was an absolute delight to read. I was most glad to learn about all the unusual connections between various scientific discoveries. Bryson writes with an easy sense of humor that just makes you want to keep turning the page.
I love it when Walter Alvarez pops up in books I'm reading. There's always a frisson of excitement as I think to myself, "I know a famous scientist!" It shouldn't have come as a surprise to find him in this book, but exciting nonetheless. There's even a book listed in the bibliography coauthored ...
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