num_pages: 624
description: This new edition of the acclaimed bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Bryson€™s exciting, informative journey into the world of science.In A Short History of Nearly Everything, beloved author Bill Bryson confronts his greatest challenge to understand€”and, if possible, answer€”the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as his territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. The result is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Now, in this handsome new edition, Bill Bryson€™s words are supplemented by full-color artwork that explains in visual terms the concepts and wonder of science, at the same time giving face to the ma
language: English
title: A Short History of Nearly Everything
titlecomplete: A Short History of Nearly Everything
genres: Audiobook, Physics, Unfinished, Popular Science, Historical, Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction, History, Humor
ratings_count: 374600
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: EU Descartes Prize
category: science communication, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: J. A. Hollon palkinto
publisher: Broadway