A Really Short History of Nearly Everything - Couverture rigide

Bryson, Bill

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0385614802 ISBN 13 : 9780385614801

Editeur : Doubleday Childrens, 2008

Synopsis

A new edition of Bill Byson's worldwide bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything abridged and adapted for children. With full colour illustrations and photographs.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Bill Bryson's bestselling travel books include The Lost Continent, A Walk in the Woods and Notes from a Small Island, which in a national poll was voted the book that best represents Britain. His acclaimed book on the history of science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Royal Society's Aventis Prize as well as the Descartes Prize, the European Union's highest literary award. He has written books on language, on Shakespeare, and on his own childhood in the hilarious memoir The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His last critically lauded bestseller was At Home: a Short History of Private Life, and his newest book is One Summer: America 1927. He was born in the American Mid-West, and lives in the UK.

Visit his website: www.billbryson.co.uk

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Did you know that:

Every atom in your body has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to being you?

If you are an an average-sized kid, you have enough potential energy inside you to explode with the force of several hydrogen bombs?

What did happen to the dinosaurs?

How big is the universe?

How heavy is the Earth?

Why are the oceans salty?

Is a meteorite going to hit us?

Bill Bryson's story-telling skill makes the 'How?' and, just as importantly, the 'Who?' of scientific discovery entertaining and accessible for all ages.

In this exciting new edition of his worldwide best-seller, A Short History of Nearly Everything, which has been specially abridged and adapted for younger readers, Bill Bryson explores the mysteries of time and space and how, against all odds, life came to be on the wonderous planet we call home.

Along the way, we meet several bizarre scientists, crackpot theories which held sway for far too long, and some accidental discoveries which changed the way that science developed.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Doubleday Childrens
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0385614802
• ISBN 13: 9780385614801
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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