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A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING

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.

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  • "A short history of nearly everything"@th
  • "A short history of nearly everything"@it
  • "A short history of nearly everything"
  • "Breve historia de casi todo"
  • "Una breve historia de casi todo"
  • "Short history of nearly everything"
  • "A really short history of nearly everything"@th
  • "Kāʼināt kī muk̲h̲taṣar tārīk̲h̲"
  • "Prawat yō̜ khō̜ng kư̄ap thuk sing"@th

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  • "Die wesentlichsten Entdeckungen und Entwicklungen aller Disziplinen der Naturwissenschaften."
  • "Historical study of scientific facts."
  • "An easy guide to many scientific mysteries, fully indexed."
  • "Wie gross ist eigentlich das Universum? Was wiegt unsere Erde? Und wie ist das überhaupt möglich - die Erde zu wiegen? In seinem grossen Buch nimmt uns Bestsellerautor Bill Bryson mit auf eine atemberaubende Reise durch Raum und Zeit: Er erklärt uns den Himmel und die Erde, die Sterne und die Meere, und nicht zuletzt die Entstehungsgeschichte des Menschen. "Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem" ist ein ebenso fundierter und lehrreicher wie unterhaltsamer und amüsanter Ausflug in die Naturwissenschaften, mit dem Bill Bryson das scheinbar Unmögliche vollbracht hat: das Wissen von der Welt in dreissig Kapitel zu packen, die auch für den normalen Leser ohne Vorkenntnisse verständlich sind. Das ideale Buch für alle, die unser Universum und unsere Geschichte endlich verstehen möchten - und dabei auch noch Spass haben wollen! Bill Bryson wurde 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa, geboren. 1977 zog er nach Grossbritannien und schrieb dort mehrere Jahre u. a. für die 'Times' und den 'Independent'. Mit seinem Englandbuch 'Reif für die Insel' gelang Bryson der Durchbruch, und heute ist er in England der erfolgreichste Sachbuchautor der Gegenwart. Seine Bücher werden in viele Sprachen übersetzt, stürmen stets die internationalen Bestsellerlisten. 1996 kehrte Bill Bryson mit seiner Familie in die USA zurück, wo es ihn jedoch nicht lange hielt. Er war erneut 'Reif für die Insel', wo er heute wieder lebt."
  • "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."@en
  • "This new edition of the acclaimed bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, an informative journey into the world of science."@en
  • "An illustrated and informative journey into the world of science."
  • "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."@en
  • "One of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer. In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world₂s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining."
  • "Bijna alles wat we weten over het hemel, de aarde, natuurwetten, ziekte, dood, klimaat, cellen en genen komt aan bod. Met informatie over allerlei wetenschappers als Einstein en Darwin. Voorzien van weetjes, kleurenfoto's en tekeningen. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar."
  • "The author traces the Big Bang through the rise of civilization, documenting his work with a host of the world's most advanced scientists and mathematicians to explain why things are the way they are."
  • "The author traces the Big Bang through the rise of civilization, documenting his work with a host of the world's most advanced scientists and mathematicians to explain why things are the way they are."@en
  • "Overzicht van belangrijke wetenschappelijke ontwikkelingen op het gebied van de natuurwetenschappen vanaf de achttiende eeuw. Een meeslepend boek in een verhalende stijl geschreven, helder en spannend en met veel anekdotes die voor een luchtige toets zorgen."
  • "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."
  • "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."@en
  • "Valete 2003 - Tom Flynn."@en
  • "One of the world?s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world?s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.From the Hardcover edition."@en
  • "Overzicht van belangrijke wetenschappelijke ontwikkelingen op het gebied van de natuurwetenschappen vanaf de achttiende eeuw."
  • "Un point de vue synthétique sur l'histoire des sciences, de la planète et de l'univers : la naissance de l'univers, la dimension de la Terre, la découverte des dinosaures, la découverte de l'ADN, l'histoire des hominidés..."

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  • "Sources"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Jugendsachbuch"
  • "Collections"@th
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Geschiedenis (vorm)"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "History"
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  • "Einführung"
  • "Popular works"@es
  • "Popular works"@en
  • "Popular works"
  • "Popular works"@it
  • "Verhalend proza"

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  • "Kŭrim ŭro ponŭn kŏŭi modŭn kŏt ŭi yŏksa"
  • "Une histoire de tout, ou presque--"
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  • "萬物簡史 沒有盡頭的宇宙"
  • "Kŏŭi modŭn kŏt ŭi yŏksa"
  • "Wan wu jian shi"
  • "A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING"@en
  • "En kortfattad historik över nästan allting"@sv
  • "Une histoire de tout ou presque"
  • "Una Breve historia de casi todo : [claves para entender los fundamentos de la ciencia y tecnología modernas ...]"
  • "Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem"
  • "Short history of nearly everything"@en
  • "Eine kurze Geschichte von fast Allem"
  • "A short history of nearly everything"
  • "A short history of nearly everything"@en
  • "Kratkaia istoriia pochti vsego na svete"
  • "A short history of nearly everything [electronic resource]"@en
  • "Prawat yō̜ khō̜ng kư̄ap thuk sing"@th
  • "Prawat yō̜ khō̜ng kư̄ap thuk sing : čhāk čhakkrawān thưng sēn"@th
  • "A short history of nearly everything : [special illustrated ed.]"@en
  • "Kŏui modun kŏt ŭi yŏksa"
  • "Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem inszenierte Lesung ; empfohlen ab 10 Jahren"
  • "Une histoire de tout, ou presque"
  • "Breu història de gairebé tot"
  • "Краткая история почти всего на свете"
  • "A short history of nearly everything : [illustrated]"
  • "거의모든것의역사"
  • "그림 으로 보는 거의 모든 것의 역사"
  • "Breve storia di (quasi) tutto"@it
  • "Breve storia di (quasi) tutto"
  • "Kratkai︠a︡ istorii︠a︡ pochti vsego na svete"
  • "ประวัติย่อของเกือบทุกสิ่ง : จากจักรวาลถึงเซลล์"
  • "万物简史"
  • "ประวัติย่อของเกือบทุกสิ่ง จากจักรวาลถึงเซลล์"
  • "Kratka zgodovina skoraj vsega"@sl
  • "Una breve historia de casi todo/ a Short History of Nearly Everything : Version Ilustrada"
  • "Tārīkhchih taqrībā hamih chīz"
  • "A short history of nearly everything : complete and unabridged"
  • "Lyhyt historia lähes kaikesta"@fi
  • "Muk̲h̲taṣar tārīk̲h̲-i maujūdāt"
  • "تارىخچه تقرىبا همه چىز"
  • "A Short history of nearly everything"
  • "Una breve historia de casi todo"
  • "Una breve historia de casi todo"@es
  • "Een kleine geschiedenis van bijna alles"
  • "萬物簡史"
  • "ประัวิต่ยอของเืกอบุทกิ่สง : จากัจกรวาลึถงเซล์ล"
  • "Una Breve historia de casi todo"
  • "ประวัติย่อของเกือบทุกสิ่ง"
  • "A Short History of Nearly Everything"@en
  • "A Short History of Nearly Everything"@da
  • "Wan wu jian shi mei you jin tou de yu zhou"

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