
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Book by Bill BrysonWikipedia
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 2 episodes found for "A Short History of Nearly Everything".
Sep 20, 2026
18: The Long Cosmos Pt 1 (Not a Plothole but a Curiosity)
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48:24Joanna HaganHOST
Who I don't know much about and I started reading about as obviously I was reading Nelson's Bits and then I stopped reading about because otherwise that was all I was going to do.
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48:33Francine CarrelHOST
Have you got a copy of Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything? No.
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48:37Francine CarrelHOST
I must do.
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48:41Francine CarrelHOST
His chapter, section, whatever it is, on William Buckland, I seem to remember being really good.
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48:46Joanna HaganHOST
Awesome.
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48:46Francine CarrelHOST
So if you want that without the danger of falling down a wiki rabbit hole.
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48:49Joanna HaganHOST
Oh, yeah, because picking up Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything.
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48:54Francine CarrelHOST
You're absolutely right.
512 — Learner enthusiasm, AI tutors, and a neuromyth that won't die
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38:24Ross DickieHOST
Yeah, you did very well.
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38:26Ross DickieHOST
I think I read The Sunset Thing in Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything, which is a great science book for non-science folks.
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38:36Ross DickieHOST
That's a recommendation from like 20 years ago.
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38:40Ross DickieHOST
Always