Una breve historia de casi todo
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- Author：Bill Bryson
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Summary
¿Puede un solo libro convertirse en la perfecta introducción para adentrarse en disciplinas tan dispares como la astronomía， la geología， la física， la química y la biología？ ¿Puede un trabajo de divulgación científica ofrecer razonamientos y datos precisos， y al mismo tiempo ser tremendamente entretenido？ ¿Puede una única obra narrar la historia de los grandes descubrimientos de la ciencia y contarnos también divertidas anécdotas relacionadas con estos extraordinarios logros y con los hombres que los alcanzaron？ Una breve historia de casi todo es， sin lugar a dudas， ese libro y mucho más。 Viajero empedernido y divulgador brillante y entusiasta， el autor nos propone un fascinante recorrido por la historia del universo que nos rodea y los conocimientos que nos han llevado a comprenderlo un poco mejor。 Con una curiosidad innata， una prosa fluida y una admirable capacidad de síntesis， Bryson logra explicar en Una breve historia de casi todo los grandes acontecimientos y las razones fundamentales que han llevado al cosmos， a nuestro planeta y a todos los seres vivos a ser como son。
Reviews
Mark Cruz
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Great story！ You can broaden your audience by publishing your story on NovelStar Mobile App。
Subramanian Sankaran
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Tongue in cheek！
Marianna Fls
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Μια πολύ επιτυχημένη και καλογραμμένη περιήγηση στον κόσμο μας όπου δίνεται ιδιαίτερο βάρος σε επιστημονικές ανακαλύψεις που βρίσκουν εφαρμογή στην καθημερινότητά μας ή συχνά επανέρχονται σε συζητήσεις που παρακολουθούμε。 Θα το πρότεινα και σε αναγνώστες οι οποίοι δεν είναι και ιδιαίτερα δυνατοί στις θετικές επιστήμες ακριβώς λόγω του τρόπου και της γλώσσας του συγγραφέα。Περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες σύντομα！ ΣτοVivliografika。blogspot。gr
Maria Durand
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Libro especial Para los que nos quedamos dormidos en la clase de Ciencias 😄
Ramón Villanueva torres
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Un libro de divulgación científica no tiene porqué ser aburrido， complicado y difícil de entender。 Bill Bryson， nos demuestra con un lenguaje simple como se puede hablar se temas como la creación del universo， partículas subatómicas， terremotos， supervolcanoes， y demás， sin tener que recurrir a tecnicismos。 Parte de lo que el encanto， es el humor que maneja Bill cuando hablaba sobre los científicos y sus descubrimientos。
Harini Nayak
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I am not sure how I feel about this book。 The first hundred pages or so read really well but then it went downhill。 I learnt bits of geology and paleontology （the same stuff you would find in PBS Eons， but they are more likely to be accurate）。 But that's about it。 If you are from India， chances are you took either math-bio or pure science in 12th grade。 This book presents even less info than the NCERT textbooks and （forgive me）， it is even more boring than the textbooks。 Also， there's a reason t I am not sure how I feel about this book。 The first hundred pages or so read really well but then it went downhill。 I learnt bits of geology and paleontology （the same stuff you would find in PBS Eons， but they are more likely to be accurate）。 But that's about it。 If you are from India， chances are you took either math-bio or pure science in 12th grade。 This book presents even less info than the NCERT textbooks and （forgive me）， it is even more boring than the textbooks。 Also， there's a reason there's so much scientific "jargon" in textbooks。 It helps avoid confusion。 For example， the DNA bits and the immunity bits would make a lot more sense if you'd just read the actual textbooks。 I'm also slightly concerned by the number of reviews claiming textbooks should be written like this。 For the most part， textbooks can't be written like this。What makes this book more accessible is the prose and for the most part， the dumbing down of the information。 Textbooks can't do that。 But what this book does is put science in context， so to speak。 It delivers a healthy source of scepticism about the consensus in scientific community and how it is ever changing。 Judgement: Meh。 There are better books。 If you know any science， it is going to be grating to read it。 But it is also funny at times， so it might be worth the amusement。 Don't read this as a primary source of scientific education。 There's a reason textbooks exist。 Use them。 。。。more
Orlin Kovachev
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"Кратка история на почти всичко" разглежда многостранно света и нас самите。 За съжаление， издадена е 2003 година， а в света на науката това не е малко време。 Някои от данните в книгата са остарели， авторът не е специалист в темите， които разглежда и понякога се придържа към възгледи， които не се подкрепят от повечето учени。 Много често основната идея на повествованието е че "Нищо не знаем"。Бих дал три звезди， заради изброените недостатъци， но книгата има един плюс - разказва за хората открили на "Кратка история на почти всичко" разглежда многостранно света и нас самите。 За съжаление， издадена е 2003 година， а в света на науката това не е малко време。 Някои от данните в книгата са остарели， авторът не е специалист в темите， които разглежда и понякога се придържа към възгледи， които не се подкрепят от повечето учени。 Много често основната идея на повествованието е че "Нищо не знаем"。Бих дал три звезди， заради изброените недостатъци， но книгата има един плюс - разказва за хората открили научните познания， за техния живот， привички， успехи и недостатъци。 Ако се интересувате не само от научните факти， а и от личния живот на откривателите， това ще ви допадне。 。。。more
Shell Young
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Incredible。 started to read it a few times， and while brilliant- I just never got very far。 This time， I listened to the audiobook to and from work the last several weeks。。。I've looked forward to my commute and I'm sad it's over。 Just mind-blowing。 Incredible。 started to read it a few times， and while brilliant- I just never got very far。 This time， I listened to the audiobook to and from work the last several weeks。。。I've looked forward to my commute and I'm sad it's over。 Just mind-blowing。 。。。more
Mastan Shaik
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This book is great for the beginners who have a very scanty knowledge in science。 If you seeking deep stuff， this is definitely not the book you wanna choose。 Besides most of the info is vague and outdated。
Esteban Fuentes
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How to cover all science topics in one single， readable and fascinating book for everybody。 Great book！
Mary Yram
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It kept me completely enthralled all the way thru。 If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top
Michal Z Michle
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Ze začátku mi to přišlo jako sbírka drbů z vědeckého prostředí， ale pozdější kapitoly byly zajímavé - třeba ta o asteroidech， španělské chřipce nebo genetice （nebo mne ty drby prostě jen začaly víc bavit）。
Salome Birhanu
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good but i didn't finish before my loan returned to the library :，） i'll finish it eventually！ good but i didn't finish before my loan returned to the library :，） i'll finish it eventually！ 。。。more
Рени Банкова
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Дава знания по доста теми， но съвсем не обхваща "почти всичко"。 Говори за Земята， за създаването， развитието и опасностите й， малко за човека， насекомите， вирусите 😉 Интересна и полезна。 Дава знания по доста теми， но съвсем не обхваща "почти всичко"。 Говори за Земята， за създаването， развитието и опасностите й， малко за човека， насекомите， вирусите 😉 Интересна и полезна。 。。。more
Vikash （kashivology。wordpress。com）
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Are you a science enthusiast？ No？Doesn't matter - you still must read this！Even if the book doesn't answer your questions， it makes sure that it triggers a few。 。。The book is the best possible way to get started about the beginning of humanity and the story of our universe。 It attempts to stay true to its name and covers a whole lot of topics briefly。Still， it is not enough， and leaves the reader thirsty for more。。。If thirst is your way to live， take a sip of this wine。 Are you a science enthusiast？ No？Doesn't matter - you still must read this！Even if the book doesn't answer your questions， it makes sure that it triggers a few。 。。The book is the best possible way to get started about the beginning of humanity and the story of our universe。 It attempts to stay true to its name and covers a whole lot of topics briefly。Still， it is not enough， and leaves the reader thirsty for more。。。If thirst is your way to live， take a sip of this wine。 。。。more
Brooke Ringler
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I have finished quite a while ago， and it's been circulating my friends。 I do not remember enough insight to write a strong review， but overall it was very educational and written in an easily readable style。 Best read over a longer period of time -- definitely not a book to binge read。 I have finished quite a while ago， and it's been circulating my friends。 I do not remember enough insight to write a strong review， but overall it was very educational and written in an easily readable style。 Best read over a longer period of time -- definitely not a book to binge read。 。。。more
Oksana Gadzhiy
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Nice book。 A lot of information is simplified， but it makes it easier to read。 It was interesting to study about personalities of famous scientists and details about process of their inventions。 Mostly book gives the same idea as Daniel Whiteson's and Jorge Cham's book «We have no idea» — we know almost nothing about things that are around us。 Actually， Bryson's book is a bit sadder， because it says also about things that we tend to destroy。 Nice book。 A lot of information is simplified， but it makes it easier to read。 It was interesting to study about personalities of famous scientists and details about process of their inventions。 Mostly book gives the same idea as Daniel Whiteson's and Jorge Cham's book «We have no idea» — we know almost nothing about things that are around us。 Actually， Bryson's book is a bit sadder， because it says also about things that we tend to destroy。 。。。more
Ryan Lemmon
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Very well written， interesting read。 Given when it was written vs。 current day， there are some topics that may be a little out of date but I would absolutely recommend it nonetheless。
Adrian
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A book about how ignorant and entitled are we as human species。
Connie
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I usually love Bryson's work， but the everything which seem to capture his attention in this tome seem somehow not of deep interest to me。 I may finish the book sometime， but life is too short。 I usually love Bryson's work， but the everything which seem to capture his attention in this tome seem somehow not of deep interest to me。 I may finish the book sometime， but life is too short。 。。。more
Aaron
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Imagine going back to your last day of high school。 For me， that's something like 10 years ago and a month。 Imagine being able to remember everything that you were taught in science class in the eight years before that。 You remember exactly how plate tectonics works and how the cosmic ladder works and why those animations about cells you see on the internet aren't all that accurate。That is what reading A Short History of Nearly Everything feels like。There are two big lessons you get from readin Imagine going back to your last day of high school。 For me， that's something like 10 years ago and a month。 Imagine being able to remember everything that you were taught in science class in the eight years before that。 You remember exactly how plate tectonics works and how the cosmic ladder works and why those animations about cells you see on the internet aren't all that accurate。That is what reading A Short History of Nearly Everything feels like。There are two big lessons you get from reading and relearning secondary school science。 The first is very simple: this is how the universe works。 The second is much more interesting， and much more fun to go over here than in something like Structure of Scientific Revolutions: who， how， and when are scientists doing the science？ How do we know "this is how the universe works"？Let's answer the "Who" quickly: rich， white men。 The modern scientific edifice comes from rich， imperial nerds who jockeyed for status and prestige。 Bryson walks us through the lifetimes of different scientists， and maybe 50% of them could be （or are） preambled with "This story is going to be really funny， but this guy was a major asshole。"The assholery is rampant and continuous。 Scientists race each other to publish the same idea， they denigrate other schools of thought mercilessly， and they exile those with different theories， only to accept them a few decades later。 All of these sins are amplified if you're not a man or you're not white。 Modern science discourse， beset as it is by a cycle of grant chasing， tenure chasing and paper pushing， will sometimes try to harken back on this era as if it were any better。 It wasn't， just bad in different ways。A second thought: Science is born from the arts。 The upper class intelligensia origins of modern scientific understanding happened because rich people had a lot of free time on their hand to go write papers about nature。 The 18th and 19th century scientists weren't alone in their own bubble， separated from 18th and 19th poets and artists and political philosophers。 They comingled。 They drank together。 They fucked。 Science then， seems to have a same problem as the arts do: how do you deal with the work of art when the artist was a complete piece of shit？ Science may have the advantage that it is true whether or not someone likes it， but Science， like Art， has to sell itself to us， and that means it has to appeal to us aesthetically。 When the Artist does terrible things， like， say， triple down on trans exlcusionary radical feminism， that does make us feel a little blah about reading her boy wizard books。 When the Scientist does terrible things， like， say， create a worldview that bans promulgates the idea of genetic policies， that may make us feel weird about concepts like the Standard Deviation。But， in the latter case， it obviously shouldn't。 The Standard Deviation is a pretty good measure for a bunch of things。 It may have arose out of the mind that had a class， race， and national consciousness entirely alien to our own， but it stands its own ground。 Art ought to be able to do the same thing。 Once you cut out the Creators' own maliciousness， if the thing is still standing then it deserves its own respect。This cutting process itself is important。 Knowing about the errors made by past scientists， both ethical and social， allow us to understand how to prevent these errors from happening to/by us。 Knowing about the errors of artists allows us to detect and mitigate these problems when we consume their work。 Salavaging past art then， is exactly like salavaging past science: we have to learn how to filter out the bullshit。 Fortunately， in a lot of ways， Science as an instution has improved by a lot。 The competitiveness and backstabbing gave way to PBS Nova TV tropes about racing science teams。 The sexism， while still a present danger， cannot stop women from discovering CRISPR and mRNA。 Indeed， science can be done and is done by even the ideologically disabled。 You don't need to be a rich white man。 Most people need to read ASHONE， even 16 years after it was published， just to brush up on their science， but many also need to read it to understand how it got discovered- and how to mitigate the terribleness that can come out of those discoveries。 。。。more
Walkeo
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Bill Bryson remains one of my favorite authors。 This tome is dense with scientific history; so， be prepared to nerd out。 But， Bryson's humor carries throughout， making it a pleasure to read。 Bill Bryson remains one of my favorite authors。 This tome is dense with scientific history; so， be prepared to nerd out。 But， Bryson's humor carries throughout， making it a pleasure to read。 。。。more
Rosie
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Absolutely fascinating。 I really enjoyed the fact that it didn’t read like a textbook but also didn’t feel dumbed down or thinned out。 Bill Bryson is a dude。
James Perkins
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Non-fiction writer Bill Bryson presents his readers with a popular science book covering a wide range of fields， including biology， geology， chemistry， palaeontology， astronomy， and particle physics。 Devoid of his usual trademark humour， he still manages to make what would be otherwise rather dry subjects very entertaining as he educates and informs us about the universe， planet Earth and the scientists who have explored them。 I knew a lot of it already， but there were still some topics with whi Non-fiction writer Bill Bryson presents his readers with a popular science book covering a wide range of fields， including biology， geology， chemistry， palaeontology， astronomy， and particle physics。 Devoid of his usual trademark humour， he still manages to make what would be otherwise rather dry subjects very entertaining as he educates and informs us about the universe， planet Earth and the scientists who have explored them。 I knew a lot of it already， but there were still some topics with which I was unfamiliar， and I came away from it feeling it was definitely worth my time。 First published in 2003， it’s already nearly 20 years old， so considering that it describes many of the rapid changes in the brief history of the western scientific canon， it’s about time for a new， updated edition， with the latest scientific knowledge amended to its content。 Other than this， it’s an outstanding little book that I listened to in audio， read by its author。 He’s not a voice actor or announcer by trade， so his amateurish reading took a little getting used to， but by the end， I was really enjoying his idiosyncrasies and wanted it to continue。 I like Mr Bryson’s work and will continue to read or listen to more of it。 。。。more
Ashwini Deshpande
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Great book， good summary of everything around us and it sure will make you more interested in things。 You need some basic science knowledge before reading this。 Also at some points its more about scientists and stories about them than the science but overall a great read。
Aruna
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A good natural history overview， but quite presumptuous to only include the contributions of white European or American men。 A few lines were thrown in about Marie Curie and Rosalind Franklin （albeit in a sexist and dismissive tone）， but on the whole I was very disappointed that Bryson left out so many deserving non-white individuals。
Mark
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1/16/21Good overall a little dense in some spots but definitely blows my mind on how amazing life truly is
Matteo Carbone
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per chi non sa niente di niente e vuole sapere un po' di tutto。 un saggetto introduttivo a diverse macroaree scientifiche come l'astronomia， la geologia， l'antropologia biologica ed evoluzionismo。 per chi non sa niente di niente e vuole sapere un po' di tutto。 un saggetto introduttivo a diverse macroaree scientifiche come l'astronomia， la geologia， l'antropologia biologica ed evoluzionismo。 。。。more
Hossein Yazdani
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