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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

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Book name: A Short History of Nearly Everything (2024)
Category: Nonfiction
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Pages: 544 pages
ISBN13: 076790818X
ISBN: 076790818X
Language: English
Publication data: Sept. 14, 2004, 7 a.m.
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.

About the author

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson

13 books

William McGuire Bryson is an American-British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has been a resident of Britain for most of his adult life, returning to the U.S. between 1995 and 2003, and holds dual American and British citizenship. He served as the chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.
In 1995, while in the United Kingdom, Bryson authored Notes from a Sm… Read more