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Bill Bryson is one of the world s most beloved and bestselling writers. In "A Short History of Nearly Everything," he takes his ultimate journey into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. It s a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime, as this insatiably curious writer attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. Or, as the author puts it, how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also what happened in between and since. This is, in short, a tall order. To that end, Bill Bryson apprenticed himself to a host of the world s most profound scientific minds, living and dead. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemisty, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics and see if there isn t some way to render them comprehensible to people, like himself, made bored (or scared) stiff of science by school. His interest is not simply to discover "what" we know but to find out "how" we know it. How do we know what is in the center of the earth, thousands of miles beneath the surface? How can we know the extent and the composition of the universe, or what a black hole is? How can we know where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out? On his travels through space and time, Bill Bryson encounters a splendid gallery of the most fascinating, eccentric, competitive, and foolish personalities ever to ask a hard question. In their company, he undertakes a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only this superb writer can render it. Science has never been more involving, and the world we inhabit has never been fuller of wonder and delight."

Power ...Love ...Scandal. There's never enough to go around ...True love conquers everything - or so Gloria Carmody crazily believed. She and her runaway lover, Jerome Johnson, can barely scrape together cash for their rent, let A Short History of Nearly Everything pdf alone have a moment to whisper sweet nothings in the dark. And if they thought escaping Chicago meant they'd get away with murder ...they were dead wrong. Escape to the roaring twenties where anything goes, with the second book in this sparkling trilogy full of romance, dancing and secrecy. With a significant focus on education, the writers address the thorny yet timeless issue of how to reconcile the ancient with the modern...If there is one theme that emerges, it is of the potential for inter-communal co-operation and the concrete benefits diversity can bring to Latin American social life." --Gavin O'Toole, Latin American Review of Books "This book is unique, thought-provoking and inspiring. The voices included in this edited collection, most of them unheard in mainstream Western academia, not only denounce the crimes committed against Indigenous peoples, but also reflect decades of Indigenous struggle, resistance, hope and commitment...This book speaks to students, teachers, administrators and researchers from different disciplines and invites them to work together and follow the exemplary struggles of Indigenous peoples in different parts of America." -Teachers College Record

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Author: Bill Bryson
Number of Pages: 560 pages
Published Date: 05 Jun 2003
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Publication Country: New York, NY, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780767908177
Download Link: Click Here
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