Bryson, Bill. <br/><br/>
A short history of nearly everything / 
Bill Bryson. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Broadway Books,  2003. 
 - ix, 544 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-527) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0767908171 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003046006 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--Popular works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q162  / .B88 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>500