A Short History Of Nearly Everything

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  • A powerful book  

    A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
    Anyone who even made sport in his life some time, knows the feeling: While doing an exercise for the thousandth time, crunches / cracks / jumps somewhat somewhere in the body, and we know with absolute certainty: Something deep inside of me has grad
  • This is one of the most brilliant books of our time  

    A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
    You learn an awful lot about the science of human history, but not only what has been discovered, but which wrong turns, intrigues and other deviant behavior, have one of them. And all portrayed with Bill Bryson's inimitable humor. I think that's a g
  • Good & Entertaining Read - but ...  

    A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
    Reading this book is surely entertaining if you're at least a little interested in science. His coverage of astronomy, For Example, makes for A great reminder of All Those facts you'll surely have read or heard before, but Bryson Manages to make them
  • Disappointing - sided and superficial  

    A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
    I was annoyed 250 pages long and then let it be a shame. Two main criticisms: 1. Fully Anglo-American bias. Of course, one can argue about who was the most important research in this or in that region, but to write a book about all this world matters
  • Genial in a nutshell  

    A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
    Bill Bryson can do what no author mastered German tongue: Complex relationships grip, vividly and so exciting describing that reading nachwirkt. It's hard to put the book out of his hand before a chapter has ended. The most ingenious is Bill Bryson's