A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0

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<p><b>In this fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling popular science book of the 21st century, Bill Bryson makes complex subjects clear and compelling for everyone with an interest in the world around them. </b></p><p>NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED.</p><p><b>'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.'</b> <i>Economist</i></p><p>'Truly impressive...It's<b> hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.</b>' <i>Guardian</i></p><p><b>Bill Bryson can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. </b><i>A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0</i> is the result of his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from being nothing at all to what we are today. <b>Now fully updated to reflect the many scientific discoveries in the last twenty years since this book was first published,</b> it explains among much else:</p><ul><li>why Pluto is no longer a planet</li><li>how the number of moons in the solar system has more than doubled in 20 years</li><li>how scientists used advances in genetics to discover previously unknown species of early humans</li><li>why we still don't know what most of the universe is made of</li><li>how the little Higgs boson transformed physics</li></ul><p>This journey through time and space <b>will inform a new generation of readers</b>, young and old, as well as those who read this book on first publication with a new perspective based on what we know now.</p><p>Written in his inimitable style, Bryson makes complex subjects fascinating and accessible to everyone with an interest in the world around them.</p><p><b><i>A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 </i>reveals the world in a whole new way.</b></p><p>Praise for <i>A Short History of Nearly Everything:</i></p><p><b>'I doubt that a better book for the layman about the findings of modern science has been written</b>.' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></p><p>'Bill Bryson has an<b> unmatched </b>gift for explaini

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529966817

Sprache

Englisch

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Taschenbuch

Maße

233 x 155 x 53 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publ. Ltd UK