A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. "A Short History of Nearly Everything" is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilisation - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, revealing the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.

Genres Nonfiction Science History Audiobook Humor Physics Popular Science Historical Philosophy Unfinished ...show all

First published January 1, 2003

Literary awards:

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2004), EU Descartes Prize for science communication (2005), J. A. Hollon palkinto (2006)

Original title: A Short History of Nearly Everything

This edition

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Published: September 14, 2004 by Crown

ISBN 9780767908184 (ISBN10: 076790818X)

ASIN 076790818X