an extremely enjoyable book.geology, chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics, and a journey along the paths that led scientists to some amazing discoveries.fascinating ♥
BLUF: Pick this up.Plot: A Short History of Nearly Everything is exactly as its’ title suggests. This text takes us from the beginning of time to our current position – all in laymen terms.Topics include: The solar system, geology, all things Earth, atoms, plants, dinosaurs, extinction of dinosaurs,...
A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's summation of life, the universe, and everything, a nice little easy-reading science book containing an overview of things every earthling should be aware of.As I've repeatedly mentioned over the years, every time one of the casual-readers tells m...
"If this book has a lesson, it is that we are awfully lucky to be here." An excellent and humbling book. Yet be warned: while listening to it, I've been wondering in a daze, asking my more biologically, paleonthologically, geographically minded friends the bizarrest questions. This might happen to y...
A Short History of Nearly Everything You Have to Know , its really wonderful in every sense of the word .We always rate books in a subjective manner and slightly rate them as they really deserve , But here the case is different and this book deserves five stars if you like it or not , why five...
Great audiobook to ponder while doing housework. Bryson's delves into the biology and geology of our planet, and how very fragile it is. Bryson makes a strong argument for the extinction of homosapians, not a matter of if but how and when. Yet you walk away feeling hopeful, almost relieved. If someo...
A rare few details of science proved outdated by the time I'd read his extraordinary work and followed its lines of thought. But it doesn't matter. Bryson has written an unparalleled, exceptionally motivational review of scientific history and the characters involved, by all indications out of perso...
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