A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0

Resumen del libro

Bill Bryson can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 is the result of his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization how we got from being nothing at all to what we are today.

Now fully updated to reflect the many scientific discoveries in the last twenty years since this book was first published, it explains among much else:

why Pluto is no longer a planet
how the number of moons in the solar system has more than doubled in 20 years
how scientists used advances in genetics to discover previously unknown species of early humans
why we still don't know what most of the universe is made of
how the little Higgs boson transformed physics
This journey through time and space will inform a new generation of readers, young and old, as well as those who read this book on first publication with a new perspective based on what we know now.

Written in his inimitable style, Bryson makes complex subjects fascinating and accessible to everyone with an interest in the world around them.

A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 reveals the world in a whole new way.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Bill Bryson (Des Moines, Iowa, 1951) inició la carrera de Periodismo en Estados Unidos, pero la interrumpió para viajar por Europa. En 1977 se instaló en North Yorkshire, Inglaterra, donde residió dos décadas y trabajó en periódicos como x{0026}lt;em The Timesx{0026}lt;/em o x{0026}lt;em The Independentx{0026}lt;/em . Aunque también se ha dedicado a la enseñanza (llegó a ser rector de la Universidad de Durham), actualmente se dedica sobre todo a escribir. Es autor de, entre otros libros superventas,x{0026}lt;em Una breve historia de casi todox{0026}lt;/em (Premio Aventis de libros de ciencia y finalista del Premio Samuel Johnson);x{0026}lt;em El cuerpo humano; En casa: una breve historia de la vida privada; Un paseo por el bosque; Aventuras y desventuras del Chico Centella; Shakespeare; 1927: un verano que cambió el mundo; Viaje al sueño americano, Crónicas de Gran Bretañax{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em Nuevas crónicas de Gran Bretañax{0026}lt;/em , todos publicados por RBA. x{0026}lt;/p