written by markf on 16/03/2004
Good Points
Hugely entertaining
Full of interesting facts
Very readable for the Layman
Bad Points
Too much name-dropping
First-person discussions detract from content
General Comments
I am a trivia freak, so Bill Bryson's, A Short History of Nearly Everything really appealed to me. It puts ourselves and the Earth into context and makes us realise how complex and yet insignificant we are. I read most of the book on a long intercontinental flight and finished it a few weeks later. You can easily pick up the book at any section or stage. I was sorry when I finished it. I wanted it to go on....