A Short History of Nearly Everything: Bill Bryson

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Paperback edition of Bryson's bestselling romp through evolutionary theory. The hardback was a constant at the top of the bestseller charts, confirming Bryson as one of the most popular non-fiction writers working today. ''A thoroughly enjoyable, as well as educational, experience'' )Daily Express(WINNER OF THE AVENTIS PRIZE FOR SCIENCE BOOKS 2004'The very book I have been looking for most of my life ... trunkloads of information, amazing stories and extraordinary personalities' Christopher Matthew, Daily MailBill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, revealing the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.'It represents a wonderful education, and all schools would be better places if it were the core science reader on the curriculum' Tim Flannery, The Times Literary Supplement'A truly remarkable achievement ... a bravura performance, which will give much pleasure' Walter Gratzer, Nature'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide who loves his patch and is desperate to share its delights with us' Peter Atkins, The Times

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Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. It's not so much about what we know, as about how we know what we know.

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Pagina's: 672, Editie: Eerste editie, Paperback, Transworld Publishers Ltd