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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
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Summary
Featuring a special introduction written for the audiobook edition and read by the author
A Radio 4 Book Club Selection.
A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's fascinating and humorous quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. He takes subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry, and particle physics, and aims to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. In the company of some extraordinary scientists, Bill Bryson reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.
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"Stylish [and] stunningly accurate prose....Brims with strange and amazing facts...destined to become a modern classic of science writing." ( The New York Times)
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- Niclaser
- 17-06-18
amazingly fascinating and well told
great listen and can definitely recommend to anyone curious about the history of the world
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- Samuel Savage
- 18-12-18
Great listen
Some really interesting chunks of knowledge throughout, with great side storys. A well rounded book, would definitly listen to it all over again!
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- Justina
- 11-06-19
Nice.
Brilliantly written book, made me laugh at some points.
The narrator could've done without trying to do the accents, though, since he wasn't doing a very good job with it.
Obviously, some of the information is outdated, at least to my knowledge, but overall, I really enjoyed it.
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- Mr. Jeg Andereson
- 26-08-18
Sometimes completely amazing, sometimes slightly dull
Most of the book was completely brilliant and fascinating but there were sections which were not. The amount of detail that Bill went into on how animals were subdivided for example was a bit much. In the main though it is a terrific book.
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- Adam Price
- 14-11-18
Brilliant
A brilliant book read amazing will. Loved it and would highly recommend it to anyone interested in life.
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- dean brown
- 15-11-18
Great read
I find this book fascinating and a real joy to listen to. I keep returning to some sections time and time again as I find the content so informative and in some cases, such as the creation of the universe chapter, just simply mind blowing.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-05-20
Truly Fascinating
Brilliantly interesting and educational. I just wish he'd bring out an updated version so I could read it all over again!
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-05-20
Still one of the best science books ever written
Fantastic book. Wish the narrator wouldn't attempt to do accents for people as it's a bit cringey (particularly an Australian one near the end of the book) but otherwise excellent
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- Martin Rogers
- 20-03-18
Phenomenal
Read 4 times in print already. Superbly read audio book. Will listen again and again
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- Paul McCullough
- 30-04-18
Exceptional, amazing book, I desired It never end
Exceptional, amazing book, I desired It never ended. Sparks love for science at any level. Superbly written, amazingly narrated.
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