A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

515 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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Bill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and particle physics, and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be int...

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informative 99%
reflective 42%
funny 39%
inspiring 23%
challenging 22%
lighthearted 18%
adventurous 14%
hopeful 6%
relaxing 5%
mysterious 2%
sad 2%
emotional 1%

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