A Short History of Nearly Everything

THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A wonder-filled quest to understand everything that has happened in the history of the earth, from the Big Bang theory to the rise of civilization and beyond.

“Brims with strange and amazing facts . . . a modern classic of sciencewriting.” —The New York Times

From the beloved and bestselling author of the hilarious, bittersweet memoir The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and numerous bestselling travel books, including In a Sunburned Country, A Walk in the Woods, and Neither Here Nor There, this is science like you never learned it in school—lucid, relevant, entertaining, and often very, very funny.

“We learn what the material world is like from the smallest quark to the largest galaxy and at all the levels in between. . . . [A Short History of Nearly Everything] brims with strange and amazing facts. . . . Destined to become a modern classic of science writing.” —The New York Times

“[Bryson is] precise, brilliantly eccentric and nicely eloquent . . . a gifted storyteller has dared to retell the world’s biggest story.” —Seattle Times

“This most enjoyable of books [is] a travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide.” —The Times (UK)

“A remarkable feat of science journalism.” —Vancouver Sun