Item Record


    • Average Rating


    • Goodreads Rating



  • » Request this
A Short History Of Nearly Everything
Bryson, Bill.

LocationCall NumberItem Status
Peninsula Center Book on CD Nonfiction500 BRYSONIN LIBRARY

  • Copies Available1 of 1
    Additional AuthorsMatthews, Richard.
    Publication InfoSanta Ana, CA : Books on Tape, p2003.
    Year Published2003
    EditionLibrary ed.
    Description15 sound discs (19 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
    NotesUnabridged.

    Compact disc.

    Lost in the cosmos: How to build a universe; Welcome to the solar system; Reverend Evans's universe -- Size of the earth: Measure of things; Stone-breakers; Science red in tooth and claw; Elemental matters -- New age dawns: Einstein's universe; Mighty atom; Getting the lead out; Muster Mark's quarks; Earth moves -- Dangerous planet: Bang!; Fire below; Dangerous beauty -- Life itself: Lonely planet; Into the troposphere; Bounding main; Rise of life; Small world; Life goes on; Good-bye to all that; Richness of being; Cells; Darwin's singular notion -- Road to us: Ice time; Mysterious biped; Restless ape; Good-bye.

    Read by Richard Matthews.

    The author wrote this book so that everyone could understand and appreciate ... the wonder and accomplishments of science at a level that isn't too technical or demanding, but isn't entirely superficial either.-Introd.
    Subject HeadingsScience -- Popular works. | Audiobooks.
Reviews for A Short History Of Nearly Everything

Patron Reviews