A short history of nearly everything
(Audio CD)
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Published:
New York : Random House audio, p2003., New York : Random House audio, [2003].
Format:
Audio CD
Edition:
Abridged.
Physical Desc:
5 sound discs (6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Status:
Lafayette Audio Books
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Description
In this book Bill Bryson explores the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer and attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. To that end, Bill Bryson apprenticed himself to a host of the world's most profound scientific minds, living and dead. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people, like himself, made bored (or scared) stiff of science by school. His interest is not simply to discover what we know but to find out how we know it. How do we know what is in the center of the earth, thousands of miles beneath the surface? How can we know the extent and the composition of the universe, or what a black hole is? How can we know where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out? On his travels through space and time, Bill Bryson encounters a splendid gallery of the most fascinating, eccentric, competitive, and foolish personalities ever to ask a hard question. In their company, he undertakes a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Bryson, B. (2003). A short history of nearly everything. Abridged. New York, Random House audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bryson, Bill. 2003. A Short History of Nearly Everything. New York, Random House audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bryson, Bill, A Short History of Nearly Everything. New York, Random House audio, 2003.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bryson, Bill. A Short History of Nearly Everything. Abridged. New York, Random House audio, 2003.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0739302949
UPC:
9780525492139, 9780739302941
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Compact discs.
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Read by the author.