Title of text

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Author(s)

Bill Bryson

Publisher/Source

Broadway Publishing

URL


Intended audience

Lay public

Summary

Bill Bryson's approach is to tell the interesting stories behind a wide variety of major scientific discoveries. He covers a lot of ground in an engaging and funny way and portrays scientists as human beings with their own foibles. While there is very little scientific content in the book it is an effective hook to get students interested in the process of science and inevitably the interest in the scientific content has followed.

Process of Science Used or Emphasized within the Text

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