A Short History of Nearly Everything

This is a best-seller written by Bill Bryson. Mind you, he is a traveler not a scientist. So don't expect to know everything contained in science after reading this book. It's just a piece of art to arouse interest of readers about the field of science and provide them an introduction about every field in the subject. The book is a chronological account of everything that happened on this earth from the time when there was nothing to the most recent time. The book can be termed as perfect research in the subject. He has used hundreds of sources like science books, interviews etc. Language used is so simple that it can be understood by any layman. All kind of sciences like chemistry, astronomy, particle physics, geology, paleontology etc. are described through interesting stories of discoveries. He was dissatisfied with the science books used in school and so to plug the loophole, he wrote this masterpiece. Book is flooded with humorous stories about scientists and their uncommon behavior.