Back A Short History of Nearly Everything Afrikaans موجز تاريخ كل شيء تقريبا Arabic Una breu història de gairebé tot Catalan En kort historie om næsten alt Danish Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem German Una breve historia de casi todo Spanish Ia denaren historia labur bat Basque Lyhyt historia lähes kaikesta Finnish Une histoire de tout, ou presque... French A Short History of Nearly Everything Galician
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Bill Bryson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Doubleday (UK) Broadway Books (US) |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback, E-Book) |
| ISBN | 0-7679-0817-1 |
| OCLC | 51900381 |
| 500 21 | |
| LC Class | Q162 .B88 2003 |
A Short History of Nearly Everything by American-British author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas of science, using easily accessible language that appeals more 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.[1]
A Short History deviates from Bryson's popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics. In it, he explores time from the Big Bang to the discovery of quantum mechanics, via evolution and geology.
- ^ "How to... Make a Mint From Science", BBC Science Focus, July 2006, p.54