{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-2-0-bill-bryson-hardcover","title":"A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0 -- Bill Bryson, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the world's most beloved writers and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Body\u003c\/i\u003e takes his ultimate journey--into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ewell, most of it. In \u003ci\u003eA Sunburned Country\u003c\/i\u003e, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand, if possible, answer\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ethe oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world's most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Nearly Everything\u003c\/i\u003e is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Bryson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780767908177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2003 pg. 517\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/07\/2003 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2003 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2003 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2003 pg. 1426\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/18\/2003 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2003 pg. 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2003 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2003 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2003 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2004 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Bryson\u003c\/b\u003e's bestselling books include \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Nearly Everything\u003c\/i\u003e (which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union's highest literary award). He was chancellor of Durham University, England's third oldest university, from 2005 to 2011, and is an honorary fellow of Britain's Royal Society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Bryson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49655916429540,"sku":"9780767908177","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780767908177.jpg?v=1786780571","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-2-0-bill-bryson-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}