This book gives everything it promised to. It gives insight into more scientific topics than you could shake a stick at - from meteorology to taxonomy, from vulcanic activity to the forming of solar systems and from E = mc2 to the structure of atoms. And I haven't even finished it. Besides, it is highly amusing. I would expect no less from mr. Bryson. I am in debt for all this work he did for us.
I bought this book at Schiphol airport at the beginning of my honeymoon, thus being able to feed my new husband these interesting scraps of information, such as: "For millions of years, a gigantic, flightless, carnivorous bird called Titanis was possibly the most ferocious creature in North America." Or that the whole of Yellowstone National Park is in fact one gigantic caldera, or shield-shaped vulcan.
In buying this book, I broke a long tradition of having Bryson books given to me by foreigners. But hey, who cares, so long as I am able to grasp a bit more of the world I live in.

After I finish it, This short history will travel as a ring.
Elefteria
Rubyblue
1976Galadriel
Wandering
Dutch-flybaby

and back to me.

It will be handed over to Elefeteria personally, at our meetup this Sunday in Nijmegen.

Tomorrow Bryson goes to Elefteria.

Biba gave me this ring yesterday at the meeting! I also got some tea for my birthday, so it's tea and reading this week! fortunally I have holiday :-) thanks Biba.

didn't read the whole book. some parts were interesting... and some boring ;-)
it's time that it's going to travel again!

Ah..the order has changed ;) now its my turn!

Nice! This book wil be handed over to Rubyblue, Wandering or dutch-flybaby at Castricum.

At last, I have this book. Wandering may have to wait a while for it. Not only is it a very thick book (over 600 pages), I am leaving in a week for 4 weeks in the States . . . I'm going to try to get read a number of other (shorter) books that I picked up at Castricum so I can release themin the US. So I won't even be able to start this book for at least a month. Thanks, biba!

I received it back from Rubyblue today, in Borra, but now I see that wandering is still on the ring list. Well, she will get it eventually, at a next meeting perhaps.