A Short History of Nearly Everything
ISBN: 9780767908184 | 076790818X
Edition: 1stFormat: Trade Paper
Publisher: Broadway
Pub. Date: 9/14/2004
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One of the world' s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer. In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as t... MORE
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | vii | ||||
| INTRODUCTION | 1 | (6) | |||
| PART I LOST IN THE COSMOS | 7 | (34) | |||
| 9 | (10) | |||
| 19 | (10) | ||||
| 29 | (12) | |||
| PART II THE SIZE OF THE EARTH | 41 | (72) | |||
| 43 | (20) | |||
| 63 | (16) | |||
| 79 | (18) | |||
| 97 | (16) | |||
| PART III A NEW AGE DAWNS | 113 | (74) | |||
| 115 | (18) | |||
| 133 | (16) | |||
| 149 | (12) | |||
| 161 | (12) | |||
| 173 | (14) | |||
| PART IV DANGEROUS PLANET | 187 | (50) | |||
| 189 | (18) | |||
| 207 | (17) | |||
| 224 | (13) | |||
| PART V LIFE ITSELF | 237 | (180) | |||
| 239 | (16) | |||
| 255 | (15) | |||
| 270 | (17) | |||
| 287 | (15) | |||
| 302 | (19) | |||
| 321 | (14) | |||
| 335 | (15) | |||
| 350 | (21) | |||
| 371 | (10) | |||
| 381 | (16) | |||
| 397 | (20) | |||
| PART VI THE ROAD TO US | 417 | (62) | |||
| 419 | (15) | |||
| 434 | (19) | |||
| 453 | (16) | |||
| 469 | (10) | |||
| NOTES | 479 | (38) | |||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 517 | (12) | |||
| INDEX | 529 |
Bill Bryson’s bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, I’m a Stranger Here Myself, In A Sunburned Country, Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words, Bill Bryson's African Diary, and A Short History of Nearly Everything. He lives in Norfolk, England, with his wife and children.
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