About the Book: Short History Of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays
safely at home he cant 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 Brysons challenge is to take
subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry
and particle physics, and see if there isnt some way to render them
comprehensible to people