01328cam a2200277 4500 339250686 TxAuBib 20110826120000.0 030306s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003046006 9780767908177 0767908171 (OCoLC)51900381 TxAuBib Bryson, Bill. A Short History of Nearly Everything / Bill Bryson. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, 2003. ix, 544 p. ; 25 cm. Amazon.com Word Count - 164991. Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-527) and index. On his travels through space and time, Bill Bryson encounters a splendid gallery of the most fascinating, eccentric, competitive, and foolish personalities ever to ask a hard question. In their company, he undertakes a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only this superb writer can render it. Science has never been more involving, and the world we inhabit has never been fuller of wonder and delight. 20031118. Science Popular works. ALEML