A Short History of Nearly Everything
| Book | A Short History of Nearly Everything |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Republished | 2004 |
| Author | Bill Bryson |
| Publisher | Black Swan |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | www.hen.uk.com |
| Cover photo | www.hen.uk.com |
| First Published by | Doubleday |
| Copyright Holder | Bill Bryson |
| Illustrator | Neil Gower |
| Printed and Bound by | Cox & Wyman Ltd |
| Typeset by | Falcon Oast Graphic Art Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | London, UK |
| Republished | 2004 |
| Copyright | 2003 |
| Pages / Font | 687 pages / 11.5/13pt Bembo |
| ISBN | 0 552 99704 8 |
| Barcode | 9 780552 997041 |
| Chapters | Acknowledgements
Introduction
I: Lost in the Cosmos
1 How to Build a Universe
2 Welcome to the Solar System
3 The Reverend Evans's Universe
II: The Size of the Earth
4 The Measure of Things
5 The Stone-Breakers
6 Science Red in Tooth and Claw
7 Elemental Matters
III: A New Age Dawns
8 Einstein's Universe
9 The Mighty Atom
10 Getting the Lead Out
11 Muster Mark's Quarks
12 The Earth Moves
IV: Dangerous Planet
13 Bang!
14 The Fire Below
15 Dangerous Beauty
V: Life Itself
16 Lonely Planet
17 Into the Troposphere
18 The Bounding Main
19 The Rise of Life
20 Small World
21 Life Goes On
22 Goodbye to All That
23 The Richness of Being
24 Cells
25 Darwin's Singular Notion
26 The Stuff of Life
VI: The Road to Us
27 Ice Time
28 The Mysterious Biped
29 The Restless Ape
30 Goodbye
Notes
Bibliography
Index Acknowledgements
Introduction
I: Lost in the Cosmos
1 How to Build a Universe
2 Welcome to the Solar System
3 The Reverend Evans's Universe
II: The Size of the Earth
4 The Measure of Things
5 The Stone-Breakers
6 Science Red in Tooth and Claw
7 Elemental Matters
III: A New Age Dawns
8 Einstein's Universe
9 The Mighty Atom
10 Getting the Lead Out
11 Muster Mark's Quarks
12 The Earth Moves
IV: Dangerous Planet
13 Bang!
14 The Fire Below
15 Dangerous Beauty
V: Life Itself
16 Lonely Planet
17 Into the Troposphere
18 The Bounding Main
19 The Rise of Life
20 Small World
21 Life Goes On
22 Goodbye to All That
23 The Richness of Being
24 Cells
25 Darwin's Singular Notion
26 The Stuff of Life
VI: The Road to Us
27 Ice Time
28 The Mysterious Biped
29 The Restless Ape
30 Goodbye
Notes
Bibliography
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| Notes | Doubleday edition published in 2003 Black Swan edition published in 2004 Copyright © 2003. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading, Berkshire |