Complex sentence: In Chapter 3, "The Reverend Evan's Universe", Bryson describes the red giant star Betelgeuse as being "fifty thousand light years away", while the currently accepted distance to Betelgeuse is only 427 light years.
Split into simpler sentences: In Chapter 3, "The Reverend Evan's Universe", Bryson describes the red giant star Betelgeuse as being "fifty thousand light years away", which is inaccurate. The currently accepted distance to Betelgeuse is only 427 light years.