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''A Short History of Nearly Everything'' (ISBN 0767908171) is a general science book by Bill Bryson , which explains some areas of science in ordinary language. ''A Short History'' deviates from Bryson's popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as Chemistry , Paleontology , Astronomy , and Particle Physics . In it, he explores time from the Big Bang to the discovery of Quantum Mechanics , via Evolution and Geology . Bryson tells the story of science through the stories of the people who made the discoveries, such as Edwin Hubble , Isaac Newton , and Albert Einstein . BACKGROUND Bill Bryson wrote this book because he was dissatisfied with his scientific knowledge — that was, not much at all. He writes that science was a distant, unexplained subject at school. Textbooks and teachers alike did not ignite the passion for knowledge in him, mainly because they never delved in the ''whys'', ''hows'', and ''whens''. He writes: |
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