"discovery of quantum mechanics, via evolution and geology. Bill Bryson wrote this book because he was dissatisfied with his ""scientific knowledge""—that was, not much at all. He writes that science was a distant, unexplained subject at school. Textbooks and teachers alike did not ignite the passion for knowledge in him, mainly because they never delved in the ""whys"", ""hows"", and ""whens"". Bryson describes graphically and in layperson's terms the size of the universe and that of atoms and subatomic particles. He then explores the history of geology and biology and traces life from its first appearance to today's modern humans,"
"of ""A Short History of Nearly Everything"" (2003), a book widely acclaimed for its accessible communication of science. Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Agnes Mary (née McGuire) and sports journalist Bill Bryson Sr. His mother was of Irish descent. He had an older brother, Michael (1942–2012), and a sister, Mary Jane Elizabeth. In 2006 Bryson published ""The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid"", a humorous account of his childhood years in Des Moines. Bryson attended Drake University for two years before dropping out in 1972, deciding instead to backpack around Europe for four months."
"portrayed by Nick Nolte (Bryson is portrayed as being much older than he was at the time of his actual walk). In 2003, in conjunction with World Book Day, British voters chose Bryson's book ""Notes from a Small Island"" as that which best sums up British identity and the state of the nation. In the same year, he was appointed a Commissioner for English Heritage. His popular science book, ""A Short History of Nearly Everything"" is 500 pages long and explores not only the histories and current statuses of the sciences, but also reveals their humble and often humorous beginnings."
"the university's 11th chancellor (2005–11). Bryson was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2013, becoming the first non-Briton upon whom this honour has been conferred. His biography at the Society reads: ""Bill Bryson is a popular author who is driven by a deep curiosity for the world we live in. Bill's books and lectures demonstrate an abiding love for science and an appreciation for its social importance. His international bestseller, ""A Short History of Nearly Everything"" (2003), is widely acclaimed for its accessible communication of science and has since been adapted for children."" In 2006 Frank"
"In 2004, he won the prestigious Aventis Prize for best general science book that year, with ""A Short History of Nearly Everything"". In 2005, the book won the EU Descartes Prize for science communication. In 2005 he received the President's Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry for advancing the cause of the chemical sciences. In 2007, he won the Bradford Washburn Award from the Museum of Science in Boston, MA for contributions to the popularization of science. In 2012, he received the Kenneth B. Myer Award from the Florey Institute of Neuroscience in Melbourne, Australia. With the Royal Society"
"A few editions in Audiobook form are also available, including an abridged version read by the author, and at least three unabridged versions. The book received generally favourable reviews, with reviewers citing the book as informative, well-written, and highly entertaining. In 2004, this book won Bryson the prestigious Aventis Prize for best general science book. Bryson later donated the GBP£10,000 prize to the Great Ormond Street Hospital children's charity. In 2005, the book won the EU Descartes Prize for science communication. It was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for the same year. A Short History of Nearly Everything A"
"A Short History of the World (Blainey) A Short History of the World is a general history non-fiction book written by Australian historian Geoffrey Blainey. First published in 2000 by Penguin Books, it describes over 4 million years of history, from before the first people left Africa, through to the current day. In 2007 Blainey released an abridged (492 pages) paperback version of the book titled ""A Very Short History of the World"". He also released a double audio CD set of the same name. A book of the same title was written by H. G. Wells in 1920. British"
"A Little History of the World A Little History of the World (originally in German, ""Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser"") is a history book by Ernst Gombrich. It was written in 1935 in Vienna, Austria, when Gombrich was 26 years old. He was rewriting it for English readers when he died in 2001, at 92, in London. Gombrich insisted that only he translate the book into English. After his death, the translation was completed by Caroline Mustill, an assistant to Gombrich from 1995 until his death, and his granddaughter Leonie Gombrich. It was published in 2005 by Yale University"
"historian John Roberts published ""A Short History of the World"" in 1997, as a followup to his larger 1994 book ""History of the World"". A Short History of the World (Blainey) A Short History of the World is a general history non-fiction book written by Australian historian Geoffrey Blainey. First published in 2000 by Penguin Books, it describes over 4 million years of history, from before the first people left Africa, through to the current day. In 2007 Blainey released an abridged (492 pages) paperback version of the book titled ""A Very Short History of the World"". He also released"
"be about a different subject and eventually canceled completely. A Brief History of Time A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a popular-science book on cosmology (the study of the universe) by British physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. Hawking wrote the book for nonspecialist readers with no prior knowledge of scientific theories. In ""A Brief History of Time"", Hawking writes in non-technical terms about the structure, origin, development and eventual fate of the universe, which is the object of study of astronomy and modern physics. He talks about basic concepts"
"A Brief History of Time A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a popular-science book on cosmology (the study of the universe) by British physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. Hawking wrote the book for nonspecialist readers with no prior knowledge of scientific theories. In ""A Brief History of Time"", Hawking writes in non-technical terms about the structure, origin, development and eventual fate of the universe, which is the object of study of astronomy and modern physics. He talks about basic concepts like space and time, basic building blocks that make"
"A Short History of the World (H. G. Wells) A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells first published by Cassell & Co, Ltd Publishing in 1922. It was first published in Penguin Books in 1936. It was republished under Penguin Classics in 2006. The book was largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work ""The Outline of History"". The book is 344 pages in total, summarising the scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of Earth and life. It starts with its origins, goes on to explain the development"
"multiple histories into one complete unified theory that will describe everything that happens in the universe."" ""The Universe in a Nutshell"" is winner of the Aventis Prizes for Science Books 2002. The Universe in a Nutshell The Universe in a Nutshell is a 2001 book about theoretical physics by Stephen Hawking. It is generally considered a sequel and was created to update the public concerning developments since the multi-million-copy bestseller ""A Brief History of Time"" published in 1988. In it Hawking explains to a general audience various matters relating to the Lucasian professor's work, such as Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and"
"(2003) is a comic novel about two sophisticated Parisians stranded in small-town Nebraska. Hansen has published numerous short stories in literary magazines nationwide. His short story collection, ""Nebraska"", was published in 1989. Hansen also edited the anthology ""You Don't Know What Love Is: Contemporary American Stories"" (1987) and co-edited with Jim Shepard ""You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them in Awe"" (1994). In addition to his novels and short stories, Hansen has published a compilation of essays on faith and fiction (""A Stay Against Confusion"") and a children's book (""The Shadowmaker""). Hansen also wrote"
"A Short History of the Future A Short History of the Future is a book by W. Warren Wagar which was first published in 1989 and underwent two substantive revisions (1992 and 1999). It is a fictitious narrative history of the ensuing two centuries, from the vantage point of the year 2200. The first version imagined a far more prominent role for the Soviet Union, which collapsed shortly after the publication. The final revision incorporates a brief section on the year 1989 as a revolutionary year. The first section deals with the present time leading up to Wagar's idea of"
"for an Easier Living"", 1989), novel ""Атлас описан небом"" (""Atlas Described by Sky"", 1993), collection of short stories ""Острво и околне приче"" (""The Island and Stories Around"", 1996), novel ""Опсада цркве Светог Спаса"" (""The Siege of the Church of Saint Salvation"", 1997), novel ""Ситничарница ""Код срећне руке"""" (""Sundries Shop ""at The Lucky Hands"""", 2000), collection of short stories ""Ближњи"" (""Next of Kin"", 2002), selected short prose book ""Све што знам о времену"" (""Everything I Know about the Time"", 2003), play ""Скела"" (""The Ferry"", 2004), collection of short stories ""Разлике"" (""Differences"", 2006), the book of writings ""Претраживач"" (""Browser"", 2007), novella ""Испод"
"My Brief History My Brief History is a memoir published in 2013 by the English physicist Stephen Hawking. The book recounts Hawking's journey from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. ""My Brief History"" has received modest praise from critics. Ian Sample of ""The Guardian"" wrote, ""Hawking's memoir, ""My Brief History"", is a skip across the surface of the Cambridge cosmologist's life, from his quirky upbringing in London and St Albans to his latest work on the beginning of time and the evolution of the universe. The details are sketched, but the brevity makes for"
"Committee of the Whole (short story) ""Committee of the Whole"" is a short story by American science fiction author Frank Herbert; it first appeared in ""Galaxy"" magazine in 1965 and later in Herbert's 1985 short story collection ""The Worlds of Frank Herbert"". It deals with the concept of restraint as a paramount virtue necessary for survival of a human race in times when both information and the means for production of weapons of mass destruction are available to every individual. William R. Custer, a representative of farmers from Oregon, uses the public hearing for amendments to Taylor Grazing Act of"
"""Wired"", the ""Yale Alumni Magazine"", the ""Washingtonian"", ""Slate"", and ""Paste"". His articles have been reprinted in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003 and 2007. ""Mapping Human History"" contained a conjecture about human ancestry that was disputed when the book was published. The book claimed that the most recent common ancestor of everyone living on the earth today must have lived just 2,000 to 3,000 years ago, a number that geneticists thought much too small. However, a more formal version of the conjecture was proven by the author, working with coauthors Douglas Rohde and Joseph Chang, in a September 30,"
"an anarchic one (represented by his ""Small Revolution""). Both are continually offered as alternatives to global capitalism without such analysis. Criticism of the book suggested that Wagar was merely replaying the history of the 20th Century along a lengthier timeline. A Short History of the Future A Short History of the Future is a book by W. Warren Wagar which was first published in 1989 and underwent two substantive revisions (1992 and 1999). It is a fictitious narrative history of the ensuing two centuries, from the vantage point of the year 2200. The first version imagined a far more prominent"
"The Universe in a Nutshell The Universe in a Nutshell is a 2001 book about theoretical physics by Stephen Hawking. It is generally considered a sequel and was created to update the public concerning developments since the multi-million-copy bestseller ""A Brief History of Time"" published in 1988. In it Hawking explains to a general audience various matters relating to the Lucasian professor's work, such as Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and P-branes (part of superstring theory in quantum mechanics). He tells the history and principles of modern physics. He seeks to ""combine Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Richard Feynman's idea of"
"short novel ""Whipping Star"" and in 1977 by his full-length novel ""The Dosadi Experiment"". While none of these works are exactly sequels they take place in the same imaginary universe and share the character, Jorj X. McKie. A Matter of Traces ""A Matter of Traces"" is a science fiction short story by American writer Frank Herbert, first appeared in ""Fantastic Universe"" magazine in November 1958 and later in Herbert’s 1985 short story collection ""Eye"". It is the first story to mention Herbert's ConSentiency universe, one of his three elaborate fictional universes spanning multiple volumes (the others being the ""Dune"" universe"
". . . .""""). A Briefer History of Time (Schulman book) A Briefer History of Time is a science humor book by the American astronomer Eric Schulman. In this book, Schulman presents humorous summaries of what he claims are the fifty-three most important events since the beginning of time. The title and cover are a parody of Stephen Hawking's book ""A Brief History of Time"". Coincidentally, Hawking would later write a ""sequel"" entitled ""A Briefer History of Time"". Hawking's publisher Bantam Books was aware the title had already been used in a popular science book, but went ahead since ""The"
"book: ""Lucky children will have this book read to them. Intelligent adults will read it for themselves and regain contact with the spirit of European humanism at its best."" A Little History of the World A Little History of the World (originally in German, ""Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser"") is a history book by Ernst Gombrich. It was written in 1935 in Vienna, Austria, when Gombrich was 26 years old. He was rewriting it for English readers when he died in 2001, at 92, in London. Gombrich insisted that only he translate the book into English. After his death,"
"numerous books, such as ""Common Nonsense"", which came out in 2002, and ""Years of Minutes"", probably his best-known work, released in 2003. He penned a regular syndicated column for Tribune Media Services that ran in many newspapers in the United States, and which has been collected in book form. He won three Emmy Awards for his essays, which numbered over 1,000. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2003. Rooney's renown made him a frequent target of parodies and impersonations by a diverse group of comedic figures, including Frank Caliendo, Rich Little and Beavis. In 1993, CBS released a"
"contained up to three stories (representing no more than half the book) that were previously published in a Sturgeon collection. The following six collections consisted entirely of reprints of previously collected material: North Atlantic Books has released the chronologically assembled ""The Complete Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon"", edited by Paul Williams, since 1994. The series runs to 13 volumes, the last appearing in September 2010. Introductions are provided by Harlan Ellison, Samuel R. Delany, Kurt Vonnegut, Gene Wolfe, Connie Willis, Jonathan Lethem, and others. Extensive ""Story Notes"" are provided by Paul Williams and (in the last two volumes) Sturgeon's daughter"
"on September 1, 2012, with an expected release date in 2013. Everything's Eventual Everything's Eventual is a collection of 14 short stories by American writer Stephen King, published in 2002. ""The Little Sisters of Eluria"" is part of ""The Dark Tower"" series. In the introduction to the book, King describes the unusual method he used to sort the stories: The audiobook versions of the stories in this collection are spread over several products. ""Everything's Eventual: Five Dark Tales"" contains these stories: ""The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales"" contains these stories: ""Everything's Eventual: Volume 2"" contains these stories:"
"Everything's Eventual Everything's Eventual is a collection of 14 short stories by American writer Stephen King, published in 2002. ""The Little Sisters of Eluria"" is part of ""The Dark Tower"" series. In the introduction to the book, King describes the unusual method he used to sort the stories: The audiobook versions of the stories in this collection are spread over several products. ""Everything's Eventual: Five Dark Tales"" contains these stories: ""The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales"" contains these stories: ""Everything's Eventual: Volume 2"" contains these stories: ""Blood and Smoke"" contains these stories: ""Riding the Bullet"" and ""L."
"Theories for Everything Theories for Everything: An Illustrated History of Science, From the Invention of Numbers to String Theory is a book, published by the National Geographic Society in 2006. The book details the history of science from its earliest beginnings to the latest discoveries. Available in two versions, Deluxe and Standard, it was originally offered to National Geographic Society members and subsequently in the society's online shop. The book was co-authored by Bruce Stutz, Andrea Gianopoulos, and John Langone to whom it was dedicated. Theories for Everything is subdivided into six chapters, each focusing on a specific area of"
"on ""Underwater"" and decided to put it to an end, switching to """". The book originally came with a 12-page appendix, with notes on the backgrounds of each of the stories in the collection. The 2006 edition of the book added four more pages of commentary to the appendix. The Little Man (comics) The Little Man: Short Strips 1980–1995 is a collection of short works by award-winning Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown, published by Drawn and Quarterly in 1998. It collects most of Brown's non-graphic novel short works up to that point, with the notable exception of his incomplete adaptations of"
"contributions. The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories is a trilogy collection of poetic tiny, short stories, no more than a few lines long each. It is compiled by owner and founder of the online collaborative production company hitRECord, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Wirrow, a curator at hitRECord. It is published by HarperCollins' imprint IT Books. The first book of the trilogy was published in 2011, the second and third volumes were released in late 2012 and in 2013. The slogan for the trilogy is: ""The universe is not made of atoms; it’s made of tiny"
"Chair"" (2003 short story). Fragile Things Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders is a collection of short stories and poetry by English author Neil Gaiman. It was published in the US and UK in 2006 by HarperCollins and Headline Review. Most of the stories in this book are reprints from other sources: (magazines, anthologies, and even CD sleeves). Gaiman says in the introduction that the original title for the collection was ""These People Ought to Know Who We Are and Tell That We Were Here"", after a word balloon in a ""Little Nemo in Slumberland"" strip. The four stories not"
"The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories is a trilogy collection of poetic tiny, short stories, no more than a few lines long each. It is compiled by owner and founder of the online collaborative production company hitRECord, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Wirrow, a curator at hitRECord. It is published by HarperCollins' imprint IT Books. The first book of the trilogy was published in 2011, the second and third volumes were released in late 2012 and in 2013. The slogan for the trilogy is: ""The universe is not made of atoms; it’s made of tiny stories""."