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4.21 AVERAGE
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5*)
I‘m very much interested to learn new stuff. I also like science and I like to know how everything works. Therefore this book was right up my ally.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5*)
I‘m very much interested to learn new stuff. I also like science and I like to know how everything works. Therefore this book was right up my ally.
Provides an introductory explanation of a vast range of topics in natural science. Doesn’t exactly ‘flow’ as a gripping read but certainly engaging and I doff my cap at the research Bill clearly undertook.
Had I already mentioned that I love all books written by Bill Bryson? Well, I do.
A science teacher in your pocket
Reading this book is like listening to your favorite teacher breaking down your favorite topic. The way it unfolds it makes you feel proud of yourself that you now able to get a grasp of even the most complex subjects like relativity theory quantum theory, big bang, evolution, etc.
Reading this is giving yourself a gift of knowledge.
Reading this book is like listening to your favorite teacher breaking down your favorite topic. The way it unfolds it makes you feel proud of yourself that you now able to get a grasp of even the most complex subjects like relativity theory quantum theory, big bang, evolution, etc.
Reading this is giving yourself a gift of knowledge.
Finally getting round to updating things... as someone who massively struggles with the general concept of space or atoms or all science, this was genuinely imformative.
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Se tem um livro sobre ciência que recomendaria para qualquer leigo interessado, é este. Bill Bryson escreveu muitos livros, principalmente sobre viagens, mas seu tratamento sobre a ciência é muito bom. Como jornalista, ele foi atraído por problemas e situações que os cientistas muitas vezes nem consideram, e que acho que tornam o livro muito mais acessível. Por várias vezes, trata não só da ciência como da vida pessoal dos cientistas envolvidos, com o tipo de "fofoca" que torna a leitura agradável mesmo para quem não tem familiaridade com o tema.
This book has inspired in me an almost continuous sense of wonder and awe.
I am not a science buff, I would have been enthusiastic were it not for the dry and antiquated way some of the subjects presented in the book were taught during my day. Bill Bryson is not actually trying to "teach" anything, more like presenting it all as a good story. One of questions, curiosities, tons of work and research, misunderstandings, arguments, meanness, almost always of some kind of genius and being human all around. He did manage though to make me understand, in the way of a lay person of course, what string theory is, how would it be were I to visit a cell, what quantum leap refers to and many more other things which were dwelling in the realm of mystery. And he did all this in a fun and engaging manner. I also loved all the information about the people who discovered most of these things. I guess that was the most entertaining part for me.
This book sets out to give a glimpse into the how and why of things and I think it does a wonderful job of whetting ones appetite for more information. It is the kind of book which will probably inspire kids to want to know physics, to want to become astronomers or marine biologists.
I am not a science buff, I would have been enthusiastic were it not for the dry and antiquated way some of the subjects presented in the book were taught during my day. Bill Bryson is not actually trying to "teach" anything, more like presenting it all as a good story. One of questions, curiosities, tons of work and research, misunderstandings, arguments, meanness, almost always of some kind of genius and being human all around. He did manage though to make me understand, in the way of a lay person of course, what string theory is, how would it be were I to visit a cell, what quantum leap refers to and many more other things which were dwelling in the realm of mystery. And he did all this in a fun and engaging manner. I also loved all the information about the people who discovered most of these things. I guess that was the most entertaining part for me.
This book sets out to give a glimpse into the how and why of things and I think it does a wonderful job of whetting ones appetite for more information. It is the kind of book which will probably inspire kids to want to know physics, to want to become astronomers or marine biologists.
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