{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-2-0-paperback","title":"A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this fully revised and updated edition of the\nbest-selling popular science book of the 21st century, Bill Bryson makes\ncomplex subjects clear and compelling for everyone with an interest in the\nworld around them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Truly impressive...It's\u003cb\u003e hard to imagine a better rough guide to\nscience.\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBill Bryson can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eA\nShort History of Nearly Everything 2.0\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of his quest to\nunderstand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of\ncivilization – how we got from being nothing at all to what we are today. \u003cb\u003eNow\nfully updated to reflect the many scientific discoveries in the last twenty\nyears since this book was first published,\u003c\/b\u003e it explains among much\nelse:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"margin-top:0cm\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ewhy\n     Pluto is no longer a planet\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ehow\n     the number of moons in the solar system has more than doubled in 20 years\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ehow\n     scientists used advances in genetics to discover previously unknown\n     species of early humans\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ewhy\n     we still don't know what most of the universe is made of\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ehow\n     the little Higgs boson transformed physics\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis journey through time and space \u003cb\u003ewill inform a\nnew generation of readers\u003c\/b\u003e, young and old, as well as those who read this\nbook on first publication with a new perspective based on what we know now.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWritten in his inimitable style, Bryson makes complex subjects fascinating and\naccessible to everyone with an interest in the world around them.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the world in a\nwhole new way.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Nearly Everything:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘I doubt that a better book for the layman about the findings of modern\nscience has been written\u003c\/b\u003e.’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Bill Bryson has an\u003cb\u003e unmatched \u003c\/b\u003egift for explaining the most\ndifficult subjects in the clearest possible way.’\u003ci\u003e Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'A travelogue of science, with a\u003cb\u003e witty, engaging, and\nwell-informed \u003c\/b\u003eguide' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘Hugely readable \u003c\/b\u003eand never obfuscating\u003cb\u003e.\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Sunday\nTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘\u003cb\u003eA genuinely useful and readable book\u003c\/b\u003e... A \u003cb\u003ethoroughly enjoyable\u003c\/b\u003e,\nas well as educational, experience. Nobody who reads it will ever look at the\nworld around them in the same way again’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘The very book I have been looking for most of my life\u003c\/b\u003e... Bryson wears\nhis knowledge with aplomb and a lot of very good jokes.’\u003ci\u003e Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Destined to become \u003cb\u003ea modern classic of science writing’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e The\nNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He is the\nauthor of eighteen books and holds the record of having the most bestsellers of\nany author on the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list in the last\nfifty years. \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Nearly Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, first published\nin 2003, spent 106 weeks in the chart, won both the Aventis Prize and the\nDescartes Prize and is the biggest-selling popular science book of the\ntwenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBill Bryson is a former Chancellor of Durham University and is an Honorary\nFellow of the Royal Society. 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