A Short History Of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Read February 2008
Copy borrowed from Ramsey County Public Library, White Bear Lake branch
Essay written Friday, May 23rd, 2008
His travel writing is much better than this, but this was still one of the best science books I've read in a long time. Simply because Bill Bryson isn't a scientist or a science writer. Scientists and science writers get too wrapped up in explaining to the reader how vast our knowledge of the universe is. Bryson wasn't afraid to explain that there's a lot we still don't know. There's a lot that just doesn't make sense. There's even conflicting information. It was a refreshing take on a lot of that stuff. He came to science as a neutral bystander, and remained so.
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