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A short history of nearly everything / Bill Bryson.

By: Publication details: New York : Broadway Books, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 544 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0767908171
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 500 21
LOC classification:
  • Q162 .B88 2003
Contents:
PART I. LOST IN THE COSMOS : 1. How to Build a Universe -- 2. Welcome to the Solar System -- 3. The Reverend Evans's Universe. PART II. THE SIZE OF THE EARTH : 4. The Measure of Things -- 5. The Stone-Breakers -- 6. Science Red in Tooth and Claw -- 7. Elemental Matters. PART III. A NEW AGE DAWNS : 8. Einstein's Universe -- 9. The Mighty Atom -- 10. Getting the Lead Out -- 11. Muster Mark's Quarks -- 12. The Earth Moves. PART IV. DANGEROUS PLANET : 13. Bangl -- 14. The Fire Below -- 15. Dangerous Beauty. PART V. LIFE ITSELF : 16. Lonely Planet -- 17. Into the Troposphere -- 18. The Bounding Main -- 19. The Rise of Life -- 20. Small World -- 21. Life Goes On -- 22. Good-bye to All That -- 23. The Richness of Being -- 24. Cells -- 25. Darwin's Singular Notion -- 26. The Stuff of Life. PART Vl. THE ROAD TO US : 27. Ice Time -- 28. The Mysterious Biped -- 29. The Restless Ape -- 30. Good-bye.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks Q162 .B88 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000711803

Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-527) and index.

PART I. LOST IN THE COSMOS : 1. How to Build a Universe -- 2. Welcome to the Solar System -- 3. The Reverend Evans's Universe. PART II. THE SIZE OF THE EARTH : 4. The Measure of Things -- 5. The Stone-Breakers -- 6. Science Red in Tooth and Claw -- 7. Elemental Matters. PART III. A NEW AGE DAWNS : 8. Einstein's Universe -- 9. The Mighty Atom -- 10. Getting the Lead Out -- 11. Muster Mark's Quarks -- 12. The Earth Moves. PART IV. DANGEROUS PLANET : 13. Bangl -- 14. The Fire Below -- 15. Dangerous Beauty. PART V. LIFE ITSELF : 16. Lonely Planet -- 17. Into the Troposphere -- 18. The Bounding Main -- 19. The Rise of Life -- 20. Small World -- 21. Life Goes On -- 22. Good-bye to All That -- 23. The Richness of Being -- 24. Cells -- 25. Darwin's Singular Notion -- 26. The Stuff of Life. PART Vl. THE ROAD TO US : 27. Ice Time -- 28. The Mysterious Biped -- 29. The Restless Ape -- 30. Good-bye.

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