Name: A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Author: Bill Bryson
ISBN: 9780767908184

portada A Short History of Nearly Everything

Type

Physical Book

Author

Bill Bryson

Publisher

Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Year

2004

Language

English

Pages

560

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.1 x 15.5 x 3.0 cm

Weight

0.59 kg.

ISBN

076790818X

ISBN13

9780767908184

Edition No.

Synopsis "A Short History of Nearly Everything"

One of the world's most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body 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 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.

Bill Bryson

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Bill Bryson nació en Des Moines, Iowa, en 1951. Inició la carrera de Periodismo en Estados Unidos, pero la interrumpió para viajar por Europa. En 1977 se instaló en North Yorkshire, Inglaterra, donde residió dos décadas y trabajó como periodista. Aunque también se ha dedicado a la enseñanza (fue rector de la Universidad de Durham), actualmente se dedica sobre todo a escribir. Es autor, entre otros libros superventas, de Shakespeare, Una breve historia de casi todo, En casa: una breve historia de la vida privada, Aventuras y desventuras del Chico Centella, Un paseo por el bosque i 1927: Un verano que cambió el mundo y En las antípodas.

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Pamela Breguel SerranoTuesday, July 08, 2014
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" Excelente, como siempre "
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Diego SamanamúFriday, March 05, 2021
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" La historia de descubrimientos científicos importantes y de las personas atrás de ellos. Abarca desde la creación del universo hasta los organismos más pequeños. Entretenido. "
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Vicente AlvaradoTuesday, November 15, 2022
" Todos debieran leer esto "
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