ENGLISH

A short history of nearly everything

By BILL , Sony Electronic Publishing Company.;Bryson

Book information

Publisher
Random House, Inc.;Broadway Books
ISBN
9780767916417, 9780767908184, 0767916417
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
1 MB (1564376 bytes)
Edition
Sony eBook ed
Pages
ix, 544 pages ; 25 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Science;Popular works;Electronic books;Science --

Description

Bill Bryson explores the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer and attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization.;Lost in the cosmos: How to build a universe ; Welcome to the solar system ; Reverend Evans's universe -- Size of the earth: Measure of things ; Stone-breakers ; Science red in tooth and claw ; Elemental matters -- New age dawns: Einstein's universe ; Mighty atom ; Getting the lead out ; Muster Mark's quarks ; Earth moves -- Dangerous planet: Bang! ; Fire below ; Dangerous beauty -- Life itself: Lonely planet ; Into the troposphere ; Bounding main ; Rise of life ; Small world ; Life goes on ; Good-bye to all that ; Richness of being ; Cells; Darwin's singular notion ; The stuff of life -- Road to us: Ice time ; Mysterious biped ; Restless ape ; Good-bye.

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