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	• A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson Random House Large Print, 2003 - 960 pages average customer review:based on 611 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Uncredited watchmaker

Frustrating book full of interesting insights into the edges of scientific inquiry where every mystery screams "omniscient design"; the book never mentions God.

I Heart Science!!

No, actually I don't. In fact, you couldn't have coerced me into any science classes in college without brute force. But I was inexplicably drawn to this book by Bryson's witty writing and ability to help me comprehend the once thought-to-be 'impossible to understand' topics that are covered in depth is phenomenal. I was chuckling throughout this entire book. Science is fun with Bill Bryson and this book is simply amazing!! Who would have thought that chemistry could be such a page turner and that people like Rev. William Buckhead and Clair Patterson could be such interesting individuals?

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Great Book

If you liked science in middle school and high school, you'll enjoy learning both the humorous and the more scientific back stories of those science classes of old. If you didn't like science in high school, you are bound to enjoy the humorous anecdotes and the zeal and energy with which Bryson conveys boat loads of information

My Bible!

In this book, Bill Bryson brought organization and purpose to my own disjointed thoughts on religion and spirituality. This may sound odd for a book on science, but his "average man view" of science (and side trips about the often imperfect people who generated much of our modern knowledge base) strikes a cord with those of us who are not scientists. I have recommended the book to several people who have been delighted and fascinated as I. Stephen Hawkings I don't not understand, but Bill Bryson - when he writes about the same subject matter - I do. For example, from Bryson I learn the Evolutionists and Creationists are basically in disagreement over the first 10 seconds of existence. I also had an "Ah-Ha" moment in reading about evolutionary dead-ends about the possible explanation for homosexuality (it's evolutionary! - I'm not gay but I have family & friends I love who are). Not only do you get understanding on subjects most us us have not read about since we were in the classroom, but you get Bryson's dry wit thrown in - a real bonus. This book is destined to be a classic (I'm currently on my second reading). I highly recommend this book as a basic volume in anyone's library who is a modern thinker.

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Powerhouse of discovery

One of the most useful books I have read. In one, easily readable, volume Bryson explains everything from the big bang to nano technology and dozens of the great discoveries in between. Then to identify who developed an idea or product and who actually got credit is most instructive on making sure your own discovery gets timely review and credit. Perhaps some of the analogies to explain subjects are a bit fanciful but they actually add some lightness and fun to some very, heavy subjects.

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One of the world?s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world?s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.

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