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A Short History of Nearly Everything

By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Bill Bryson
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A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson’s quest to find out 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. His challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science.

It's not so much about what we know, as about how we know what we know. How do we know what is in the centre of the Earth, or what a black hole is, or where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out?

On his travels through time and space, Bill Bryson takes us with him on the ultimate eye-opening journey and reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.

©2003 Bill Bryson (P)2003 Random House Audiobooks Earth Sciences History History & Philosophy Physics Science World Thought-Provoking Funny Natural History Mathematics Cosmology Black Hole

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Most incredible book I have ever listened to,
Truly thought provoking.
This is a beautifully narrated Book.

A thought creating Book.

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I've read this book many times and now took the opportunity to hear Bill tell the story. I'm a big Bill fan, but this book is simply wonderful. Everyone should hear it and give themselves a little education in scientific discovery. Especially in today's world.

A wonderful journey into the history of science

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Hard going at times, but very informative. Science and history combined into 6 hours of listening.

Informative yet hard going.

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Another great book, a whistle stop tour thru space, life on earth, discoveries, science and genetics with the future in mind

Fascinating

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In bed with flu - very cold outside. The book has been sitting on my bookshelf for(many) years - always found it hard to stick with for long but desperately wanted to read it. I have loved every second of this audio version. I know it’s abridged, and that I drifted off to sleep a few times, so I very much look forward to revisiting it. Thank you Bill Bryson - thank you Audible - how lucky we are to be here and have such things to educate and entertain us without even opening our eyes ♥️

A Joy to listen to

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Loved it! Such an interesting book.
I would recommend this to anyone who has a brain😄

Great Listen!

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Awesome book to listen to, I look forward to listening to others in the short history series.

Great book

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I like the authors tone. He speaks clearly and it is written in a clear and understandable way. Complicated notions explained in an easy to follow way. I wish I had come across this book earlier!

Amazing

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Bill Brysons enthusiasm and wit permeate every page of this book. The awards and paudits it has received are well deserved. The audio book races along at a good pace and the narrator captures the dryness of Brysons humour.
The book seeks to explain, in an accessible way, how science got to where it is today, some of the false trails that were followed and what is still unknown. Bill Bryson starts from the standpoint of his own youthful wonder at how scientists could possibly know what they did. His book is a personal voyage of discovery - the viewpoint of an enthusiastic layperson.

Superb

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I loved this book. If you like history and factual lectures, try this book. Awesome!

Nice, Bill Bryson does it again.

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