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One of the world’s most loved and bestseling writers takes his last visit – the most complicated and infallible questions that the science wants to answer.
In a walk in the forest, Bill Bryson trekped the Appalachian trail – well, most of it. In a sunburn country, he has offered some of the deadliest wildlife Australia. Now, in his biggest book, he faces his biggest challenge: to understand – and, if possible, the North – the oldest, the biggest question that we have presented about the universe and ourselves. Taking everything from Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson wants to understand how nothing happened to us, there is nothing from there. By that end, he has been traveling to the world’s most advanced (and often obsessive) archaeologists, humanists, and a host of mathematicians, traveling to their offices, laboratories and field camps. He read (or tried to read), surrounded by questions, trained himself in his powerful minds. A small history of almost everything is a record of this discovery, and it is sometimes deep, sometimes funny, and always clearly clear and entertaining adventure in the realm of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can present it. Science has never been more involved or entertaining.
From the hardcover version.
Customers say
Customers find the book well-written and thoughtfully researched, with excellent illustrations and a perfect balance between science and history. Moreover, the humor is woven brilliantly throughout the text, and customers appreciate how it covers a lot of material in an engaging way. However, opinions about the book’s length are mixed, with some finding it very long while others find it boring.
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