A short history of nearly everything / Bill Bryson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryson, Bill.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Popular works.

Science.

Physical Description:

ix, 544 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Broadway Books, 2003.

Summary:

One of the world's finest and funniest writers goes on a quest to discover the mysteries of the universe--and comprehend the fascinating, eccentric people who devote their lives to unraveling those big questions.

Contents:

Part I Lost in the Cosmos 7

1 How to Build a Universe 9

2 Welcome to the Solar System 19

3 The Reverend Evans's Universe 29

Part II The Size of the Earth 41

4 The Measure of Things 43

5 The Stone-Breakers 63

6 Science Red in Tooth and Claw 79

7 Elemental Matters 97

Part III A New Age Dawns 113

8 Einstein's Universe 115

9 The Mighty Atom 133

10 Getting the Lead Out 149

11 Muster Mark's Quarks 161

12 The Earth Moves 173

Part IV Dangerous Planet 187

13 Bang! 189

14 The Fire Below 207

15 Dangerous Beauty 224

Part V Life Itself 237

16 Lonely Planet 239

17 Into the Troposphere 255

18 The Bounding Main 270

19 The Rise of Life 287

20 Small World 302

21 Life Goes On 321

22 Good-bye to All That 335

23 The Richness of Being 350

24 Cells 371

25 Darwin's Singular Notion 381

26 The Stuff of Life 397

Part VI The Road to us 417

27 Ice Time 419

28 The Mysterious Biped 434

29 The Restless Ape 453

30 Good-bye 469.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-527) and index.

ISBN:

0767908171

OCLC:

51900381