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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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- James O'Keeffe
- 25-07-15
Leave out the first part
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend this audiobook but I might suggest to a friend to leave out the first part as it is mostly about the start of the universe and I found the explanations incomprehensible.
What aspect of William Roberts’s performance might you have changed?
Pronunciation of non-US place names and people.
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- Bruno
- 12-05-15
Very Good
There is while lot to take in for sure! Found my self rewinding a lot but overall such a great book. Well worth reading. The Narrator William Roberts does a fantastic job and is very easy to listen too.
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- Bundana
- 09-05-15
How?!
How?! In more ways than one....
Astonished by the research, wit and information crammed in this book.
It's my 4th listen and I still plan to keep coming back to this mind-bogglingly good book
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- Mr. G. Haynes
- 09-02-16
a great although long listen!
great book and I learnt a lot, however a number of things I know about in very recent deal have superceded the book. It is also very long so make sure you have enough time!
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- Barry Seymour
- 20-02-19
fantastic listen to an amazing subject
loved the tone and subject matter, am ON my 2 nd listen now just in case I missed something !
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- BRIAN JOHN MORROW
- 08-02-19
A brief journey into what we think we know
Excellent narrator, especially given the, at times technical nature of the subject matter. Full of warmth and charm plus packed to the rim with knowledge. Our 13-year old son loved it.
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- Dhawal
- 13-02-19
excellent
Excellent read on human origins and lot more other things. You won't feel the change in topic lines such is the flow of the narration.
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- Iain MacCalman
- 18-12-18
almost nearly everything
good spread of interesting topics, does almost cover everything as promised.
started to get a little clunky in the middle but overall a great listen to plug a few knowledge gaps
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- tony
- 29-11-18
possibly the best book I have read
Having had a run of bad reads after reading the Yuval Noah Harari trilogy I was struggling to find something stimulating. How I missed this book I d not know, I read Bill Bryson many years ago when he wrote about his travels and assumed this was a similar book. How wrong I was ,.
The research that has gone in to this book is utterly astounding, where to start on such topics without baffling the reader. But this book has gripped me, educated me and not once baffled me. What an amazing read
To think that one book could make me understand the universe and the basics of Quantum Physics without once boring or baffling me is amazing. No wonder this is such a highly rated book. I cannot wait to read it again, it is that good.
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- S K
- 03-12-18
It’s deep but fascinating. Man is a monster.
It can be heavy but persevere. You will learn so much, and you will conclude that man is a monster. Definitely worth a read/listen.
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