One of the best summaries of scientific history in generalized form

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	• A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson Random House Large Print, 2003 - 960 pages average customer review:based on 618 reviews view larger image
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Everything and More

This tome about, well, everything, was simply a joy to read for a busy lay, professional person. Simple yet profound and insigtful insides about a myriad interesting subjects that provided entertainment and which were thought provoking.

One of the best summaries of scientific history in generalized form

If you're wanting to learn as much condense scientific information as you can in the smallest scrunched up pieces possible, this is almost as good as it gets. From everything to the very start - the big bang, to how life could have started - to the latest scientific information of the release date of the book. It's a few years old, so it's slightly out of date (information such as Pluto not being a planet, but even back then, as the book mentions, people didn't think it should be a planet), but it hardly hurts. Even with some information being old, it's still excellent. There's no other book you can truly compare this to if you're looking for a briefing on the entire history of science through all of mankind's existence.

There is only one thing in the book that did truly bother me. It makes no mention of Tesla, not a single one, even when going on to subjects that revolve around things he himself invented, or at least contributed to. I'm sure there's many other things the book doesn't go over - it's supposed to be brief, after all, but I think it's fairly obvious you should mention him when you talk about the exact things he created. AC electricity, radio, a special type of X-ray and many more.

Other than that, I have no problem and highly recommend this to everyone. READ THIS BOOK.

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Technical made easy

I read some other reviews about how Bryson makes some faulty claims and is not much of an authority on the subject. I can't say wheather this is true or not but I must say that he sounds convicing enough. Throughout the book, he admits his own inadequacies as a scientist and mathamatician What he has a gift for is turning technical data and history into a very readable narrative. This book is clearly not textbook type material. It is designed for the layman to better grasp some of the concepts of life, our universe, and history. If you read this book and find discrepancies with some of the data, then you are clearly not the target demographic. If you do want to learn more about this world we call our own, then check it out...You will not be disappointed.

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A Rousing Comedy of... the History of Science??!

Bill Bryson has the magic touch. I never thought I'd laugh aloud, page after page, reading a textbook on the history of science!
With an eye for anecdote and the frail human ego, Bryson deftly dissects the minutiae of the culture, politics and quirky personalities of the scientists who have changed our world over the centuries. If you're looking for dry, in-depth studies of scientific theories, this is not your book. But, if you are mildly interested in general science, fascinated by the egocentricity of human beings, or just want to be entertained with nonfiction, this is your book! You might even learn a thing or two.
Especially great for long airplane rides or lazy hours tanning on the beach.

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A Short History of Nearly Everything

The book delivers what the title promises. It is a witty, thought provoking and informative book. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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