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A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Author: Bill Bryson
Bill's own fascination with science began with a battered old schoolbook he had when he was about ten or eleven years old in America. It had an illustration that captivated him - a cutaway diagram showing Earth's interior as it would look if you cut into it with a large knife and carefully removed about a quarter of its bulk. And he very...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780552562966
ISBN-10: 0552562963
Publication Date: 9/1/2010
Pages: 169
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Publisher: Corgi Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I can't speak to the scientific accuracy of this book, but as entertaining and enlightening reading it is one of the best, full of surprises. I picked it up as a book to travel with - something "educational" that I probably wouldn't read at home but would read while stuck on a plane or train during a trip to Europe. Instead, I found I had to tear myself away from it to enjoy the sights.


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