A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0

THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER, UPDATED FOR 2025 A wonderfilled quest to understand everything that has happened in the history of the Earth, from the Big Bang theory to the rise of civilization and beyondrevised to reflect the last two decades of scientific advancementBrims with strange and amazing facts . . . destined to become a modern classic of science writing.The New York TimesHow did we get from being nothing at all to where we are today? How did the age of the dinosaurs eventually give way to the age of the iPhone? In this completely revised update to the international phenomenon A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson returns to answer these questions and many more.Bryson brings a groundbreaking account of life itself to a new generation of readers, as he takes subjects often passed off as boring and incomprehensible and renders them accessible, fascinating, and outright amusing to anyone whos ever wondered about the world around them. Introducing readers to a diverse cast of the worlds most impressive archaeologists, paleontologists, physicists, astronomers, anthropologists, and mathematiciansfrom their offices and laboratories to dig sites and field campsBryson embarks on a journey to discover answers to the biggest questions about the universe and ourselves.A Short History of Nearly Everything is a profoundly enlightening, surprisingly humorous, and charmingly clever adventure into the realm of human knowledge, as only Bryson can render it. His revamped Short History is a thrilling journey through time and space, and his writing will make readers both new and old see the world in a whole new way.