A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything by American author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas of science, using easily accessible language that appeals more so to the general public than many other books dedicated to the subject. It was one of the bestselling popular science books of 2005 in the United Kingdom, selling over 300,000 copies. A Short History deviates from Bryson's popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as chemistry, paleontol
ISBN: 9780375432002
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Dominic D'Agostino
Science & Research"Information-dense and manages to be humorous and super entertaining."
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Stewart Brand
Business & Entrepreneurship"Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post."
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Warren Buffett
Finance & Investing"It’s very impressive [to] read about people pondering how to figure out the weight of the Earth or something in the 18th century."
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Amanda Palmer
Music"Amanda Palmer mentioned this book in the "Tools of Titans" book."
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Shah Rukh Khan
Entertainment"I do a read A Short History of Nearly Everything often."
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Jamie Dimon
Finance & Investing"On Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books."
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