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A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
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Bill Bryson's own fascination with science began with a battered old school book he had when he was about ten or eleven years old. It had an illustration that captivated him-a diagram showing Earth's interior as it would look if you cut into it with a large knife and removed about a quarter of its bulk. The idea of lots of startled cars and people falling off the edge of that sudden cliff (and 4,0... More
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PublisherDoubleday Canada Limited
BindingHardcover (19 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages176
ISBN-100385666861
ISBN-13978-0385666862
Publication Date10/28/2008
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About Bill Bryson (Author) : Bill Bryson is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Bill Bryson include A Really Short History of Nearly Everything.
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