TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bryson,Bill
TI  - A short history of nearly everything
SN  - 0767908171
AV  - Q162 .B88 2003
U1  - 500 BRY 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Broadway Books
KW  - Science
KW  - Popular works
KW  - sears
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-527) and index; Library Journal Starred; Publisher's Weekly; Wilson's Senior High School; Adult; Adult; Follett Library Resources
N2  - Nature and science writer Bill Bryson examines some of mysteries of science, and attempts to understand not only what scientists know, but how they know it.  Covers the creation of the universe, the size of the Earth, the origins of life, and other topics
ER  -