
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $21.99
-
Narrated by:
-
Bill Bryson
-
By:
-
Bill Bryson
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
Featuring a special introduction written for the audiobook edition and read by the author
A Radio 4 Book Club Selection.
The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies.
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.
Bill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and particle physics, and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. As a result, A Short History of Nearly Everything reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.
'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist
'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' Guardian
'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide' The Times
©2003 Bill Bryson (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Captivating from start to finish
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It was a pleasure to listen to it and be reminded of how much we know as well as how much we don't know about (to quote Douglas Adams) "Life, The Universe and Everything".
Educational and awe-inspiring
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Get it
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Generalist Overview of Nearly Everything
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Spectacular
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A joy as always
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
nice
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
very interesting
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Amazing amalgamation of the history of science
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.