Therefore, it’s odd that he decided to take on what can best be described as a science project, analyzing - in layman’s terms - what has already been discussed at length by scientists and the science textbooks that we all read in school.Īs Bryson says in explaining the purpose of this book (as quoted on the book’s dust jacket): Bryson fans can attest that when reading his books, they are miraculously transported to the places that he describes so astutely, in that oh, so Bryson fashion. His special knack is describing - to our great joy - the nuances and peculiarities of the various places around the world. In his latest tome, the great Bryson, who is known for his brilliant travel books (such as Notes From a Small Island and I’m a Stranger Here Myself), analyzes every miniscule detail pertaining to the universe, from atoms to microbes to dinosaurs to the arrival of humans.īryson is a brilliant wit and an astonishingly popular writer whose wry, accurate details of the people and goings on around him have earned him a notable position among the current reign of literary greats. Woody Allen may have been relieved (or possibly alarmed) had he read Bill Bryson’s latest book, A Short History of Nearly Everything. He arrives at the conclusion that he’ll never know if there is indeed an Almighty and resigns himself to this reality. After realizing that he doesn’t, he embarks on a mission to find the answers of the universe, specifically: if God exists. There is a great scene in Woody Allen’s film, Hannah and Her Sisters (YR?), in which Woody Allen’s character - a neurotic at large - thinks that he might have a brain tumor. Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
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