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4.21 AVERAGE
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While I do like his ability to explain a great variety of topics in a way most people can follow, I do have some bones to pick.
"One quarter of one per cent" instead of 0.25% is so much harder to read for me. As well as constantly saying "billions of trillions of years ago" instead of power of 10.
It just makes comparisons of numbers more difficult. Just like using kilometers in one sentence and miles in the next, which also happened.
"One quarter of one per cent" instead of 0.25% is so much harder to read for me. As well as constantly saying "billions of trillions of years ago" instead of power of 10.
It just makes comparisons of numbers more difficult. Just like using kilometers in one sentence and miles in the next, which also happened.
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Could be titled "A Very Long Treatise on why Nearly Everything is Trying to Kill Us, and Boy Aren't We Lucky."
Super interesting, informative in bite-sized chunks--it's long, but I still found time to get through it while wielding an infant in one arm. There's a lot to be admired about Bryson's writing--it's like watching "Jeopardy" with a good friend. He makes you feel as curious as he obviously is. Since I started reading it, I see how the little nuggets of information find their way into larger stories of the day--hearing a bit on NPR, looking over a student's shoulder as they research something unrelated, I've seen themes that Bryson talks about throughout the book.
"A Short History of Nearly Everything" is an entertaining read for anyone who likes casual science writing. If you're into the more technical stuff, you might find Bryson's attention to the finer details a little frustrating -- he says, more than once, that we don't need to know all the backstory. Also, his insistence on talking about how everything will eventually kill us is a bit disconcerting. But, hey, at least we know the myriad of ways that we could meet our end.
Super interesting, informative in bite-sized chunks--it's long, but I still found time to get through it while wielding an infant in one arm. There's a lot to be admired about Bryson's writing--it's like watching "Jeopardy" with a good friend. He makes you feel as curious as he obviously is. Since I started reading it, I see how the little nuggets of information find their way into larger stories of the day--hearing a bit on NPR, looking over a student's shoulder as they research something unrelated, I've seen themes that Bryson talks about throughout the book.
"A Short History of Nearly Everything" is an entertaining read for anyone who likes casual science writing. If you're into the more technical stuff, you might find Bryson's attention to the finer details a little frustrating -- he says, more than once, that we don't need to know all the backstory. Also, his insistence on talking about how everything will eventually kill us is a bit disconcerting. But, hey, at least we know the myriad of ways that we could meet our end.
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Some dated information at this point but as a whole a very well written and researched book.
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