A Short History of Nearly Everything
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ISBN: 076790818x
My husband enjoyed this imensely.
My husband enjoyed this imensely.
As I've obviously had this a while and not yet got to reading it, will release to Fleebo to enjoy the next time I see her
Journal Entry 3 by Pixette at Handed to another person in -- Controlled Release, New South Wales Australia on Monday, May 8, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (5/9/2006 UTC) at Handed to another person in -- Controlled Release, New South Wales Australia
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Bill got tired of my company so he's going to visit with Fleebo for a while.
Bill got tired of my company so he's going to visit with Fleebo for a while.
Fantastic! I have been wanting to read this ever since it was released. No doubt some of my other friends will too, but I will try to keep track of it so that I can return it to Pixette eventually. Thank you!
Bill Bryson makes a considerable departure from his travel books in this one. I'm familiar with most of the ideas here (I've read Hawkings' A Brief History Of Time, and Attenborough's Life On Earth) but here is a description of the evolution of the concepts, as well as of the things themselves - how we know what (we think) we now know. Lots of anecdotes about the brilliant scientists (weird and antisocial people, mostly) and their thinking (the consequence of their weirdness and antisocial behaviour, one imagines) and their fights, of which there have been a lot more than you might expect.
As always, the writing is light and accessible, but don't go in expecting a lot of laugh-out-loud moments.
As always, the writing is light and accessible, but don't go in expecting a lot of laugh-out-loud moments.
Journal Entry 6 by AnonymousFinder at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, March 31, 2018
It was given to me by a friend. I haven't finished it but it's a great read