A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

BookA Short History of Nearly Everything
PublisherBlack Swan
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First Published byDoubleday
Copyright HolderBill Bryson
IllustratorNeil Gower
Printed and Bound byCox & Wyman Ltd
Typeset byFalcon Oast Graphic Art Ltd
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationLondon, UK
Republished2004
Copyright2003
Pages / Font687 pages / 11.5/13pt Bembo
ISBN0 552 99704 8
Barcode9 780552 997041
ChaptersAcknowledgements 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
NotesDoubleday edition published in 2003 Black Swan edition published in 2004 Copyright © 2003. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading, Berkshire
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