- Science, Popular works, Ciencia, Obras populares
A Short History of Nearly Everything by American author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas of science, using easily accessible language that appeals more so to the general public than many other books dedicated to the subject.
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Epic, warm, contemporary and spare.
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Bill Bryson
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 592
- Publisher
- Goldmann Verlag, RBA, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 57
- Language
- Dutch, Italian, srp, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9788492966790
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"William McGuire "Bill" Bryson is a best-selling Anglo-American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and science." - Wikipedia
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