A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

2003

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Bill 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 civilisation - 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.

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September 5, 2008

This was a great book for zoning in and out. Sometimes subjects I found completely boring, but others I was so engrossed in.

Overall the book made me feel a bit dumber, so I think that really means I got a bit smarter at just about nearly everything.

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