A Short History of Nearly Everything
This inviting young readers' edition compresses the 550-plus pages of Bill Bryson's 2004 A Short History of Nearly Everything into 176 pages of entertaining, digestible fact tidbits for brain-hungry kids. The topics span the universe, from the tiniest molecules to the primordial Big Bang to...
show more
This inviting young readers' edition compresses the 550-plus pages of Bill Bryson's 2004 A Short History of Nearly Everything into 176 pages of entertaining, digestible fact tidbits for brain-hungry kids. The topics span the universe, from the tiniest molecules to the primordial Big Bang to cavorting dinosaurs to the mysterious saltiness of the ocean. Stimulating stuff for kids who like to think.
show less
Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780767908184
Publish date: 14-09-2004
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Edition language: English
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1hoxfa/what_nonfiction_books_should_everyone_read_to/
Bill Bryson really does manage to cover 'nearly everything' in this 544 tome. From the big bang, through earthquakes to fossils and extinct animals, convering just about everything inbetween. Not everything was equally interest as some chapters caught my attention more than others, but I definitely ...
This was like watching a documentary but in more detail. I enjoyed every bit of it, extremely well done. I highly recommend it to any science fanatics out there.
This book really does cover a lot but I'd say it is more of a History of Scientific Discovery than anything else.Overall, the book left me with more questions than answers because he did cover so much different information. However, Bryson does do a fantastic job of helping make a variety of compli...
For being 'short', it's quite large... My mom liked the chapters on chemistry and my dad loved those on Physics - I just enjoyed reading it out loud to them - yes, they could have read for themselves but it was nice way to connect with them - over science.
Log in with Facebook 
