A Short History of Nearly Everything

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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 civilization – how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, it reveals the world in a way most of us have never it before. About The Author Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. Settled in England for many years, he moved to America with his wife and four children for a few years ,but has since returned to live in the UK. His bestselling travel books, include The Lost Continent, Notes From a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods and Down Under. His mammoth work of popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, and won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize. His latest book is The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Table Of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction I: Lost in the Cosmos How to Build a Universe Welcome to the Solar System The Reverend Evans's Universe II: The Size of the Earth The Measure of Things The Stone-Breakers Science Red in Tooth and Claw Elemental Matters III: A New Age Dawns Einstein's Universe The Mighty Atom Getting the Lead Out Muster Mark's Quarks The Earth Moves IV: Dangerous Planet Bang! The Fire Below Dangerous Beauty V: Life Itself Lonely Planet Into the Troposphere The Bounding Main The Rise of Life Small World Life Goes On Goodbye to All That The Richness of Being Cell Drawin's Singular Notion The Stuff of Life VI: The Road to Us Ice Time The Mysterious Biped The Restless Ape Goodbye Notes Bibliography Index