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A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
By Bryson, Bill
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38573-810-1
- Publisher
- Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2010
Gr 5-9 An illustrated adaptation/abridgment of Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything", (Broadway, 2003), this treatment addresses the same set of sprawling questions as the original. Among them: How and when was the universe born and how vast might it now be? How old is the Earth and how much does it weigh? Why did the dawn of life happen to emerge here, of all places, and how could lowly microbes possibly be the primitive precursors of a species as complex as "Homo sapiens"? These are weighty questions for reader...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Bryson's adult book <i>A Short History of Nearly Everything</i> is here abridged. Most of the seventy-plus topics cover natural history (e.g.,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
