Woody Allen may have been relieved (or possibly alarmed) had he read Bill Bryson’s latest book, A Short History of Nearly Everything. He arrives at the conclusion that he’ll never know if there is indeed an Almighty and resigns himself to this reality. After realizing that he doesn’t, he embarks on a mission to find the answers of the universe, specifically: if God exists.
There is a great scene in Woody Allen’s film, Hannah and Her Sisters (YR?), in which Woody Allen’s character - a neurotic at large - thinks that he might have a brain tumor. Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
As a result, A Short History of Nearly Everything reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.The fate of nearly all living organisms. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.īill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and particle physics, and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. 'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide' The Timesīill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. 'Truly impressive.It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' Guardian 'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies.
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