{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-1","title":"A Short History of Nearly Everything","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of the world's most beloved writers and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Walk in the Woods \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Body \u003c\/i\u003etakes his ultimate journey--into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Walk in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewell, most of it. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Sunburned Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand, if possible, answer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world's most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Short History of Nearly Everything \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43840845218032,"sku":"9780767908184","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"hardcover","offer_id":45470594924784,"sku":"9780767908177","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/products\/61vvvyR_TOL.jpg?v=1632841288","url":"https:\/\/landmark-booksellers.myshopify.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-1","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}