<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> Q162 . B88 2003 </Td> </Tr> <P> A Short History of Nearly Everything by American author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas of science, using easily accessible language that appeals more so to the general public than many other books dedicated to the subject . It was one of the bestselling popular science books of 2005 in the United Kingdom, selling over 300,000 copies . </P> <P> A Short History deviates from Bryson's popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics . In it, he explores time from the Big Bang to the discovery of quantum mechanics, via evolution and geology . </P> <P> Bill Bryson wrote this book because he was dissatisfied with his scientific knowledge--that was, not much at all . He writes that science was a distant, unexplained subject at school . Textbooks and teachers alike did not ignite the passion for knowledge in him, mainly because they never delved in the whys, hows, and whens . </P>

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