A Brief History of Almost Everything

In A Brief History of Almost Everything, which has been on the bestseller list all over the world for a long time, Bill Bryson embarks on an unprecedented journey in pursuit of the interesting and important questions that science tries to answer. This curious author, who is insatiable to learn, writes an extremely challenging and courageous book in which he discusses everything that has happened in the universe from the moment of the Big Bang to the birth of civilization, that is, how we came from a point where we were nothing to a point where we became human, and what has been going on since then. He tries to do something he wants.

Determined to achieve this goal, Bill Bryson surrenders himself to the guidance of the world's most valuable scientists, living and dead. He believes he can find a way to make subjects like geology, chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics understandable to people like himself, who were bored (or terrified) of science classes as a student. He wants to know not only what we know, but also how we know it:

-How do scientists measure the weight of the earth?
-How do they observe the center of the Earth, the bottom of the oceans, the depths of space?
-How do they know how and when the universe was formed?
-How do they know what's going on inside an aloe?

In his travels through space and time, Bill Bryson encounters many extraordinary people, as well as extremely eccentric and ambitious figures, with whom he can direct the difficult questions in his mind. Together with them, he embarks on an adventure, sometimes extremely deep, sometimes funny, but always extremely understandable and entertaining, in the world of human knowledge, and he conveys this adventure with great rationality.

When you read this book, you will realize that science has never been more fascinating, and the world we live in has never been more interesting and enjoyable.



Number of Pages: 518

Year of Print: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Boyner Publications

First Print Year: 2004

Language Turkish