About this history book
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bryson, Bill is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
One of the worldâs most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.<p>In <b>A Walk in the Woods</b>, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In <b>In A Sunburned Country</b>, 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 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. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the worldâs most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. <b>A Short History of Nearly Everything</b> is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely cle
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bryson, Bill
- Publisher
- Random House, Incorporated
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307885159
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, World History, Science