Some people are never satisfied with all the knowledge they have gained and are hungry for more.One such person is Bill Bryson, by profession a journalist,an author of over half a dozen books this person was not satisfied with the knowledge of science he had and felt was not delivered in a proper way in high school.This prompted him to leave everything aside and study the study of everything in science and probably everything inside the universe,yes he studied the study of everything since he has not discovered anything but has simply tucked in the findings of all the actualities together in 500 pages book in lucid way so that a commoner can understand them.
Also in some way he seems to indirectly taunt the high school science teachers "Look this is the right way to teach science" by making science as interesting as possible, and by giving accounts of the great brains behind discoveries(and believe me they are worth reading).Speaking of Discovery a regular science stream student might find it reading the transcript of a science show on the Discovery Channel(although its not that way literally) but what makes this book special is Bill Bryson's special writing skills all utilized to make the inexplicable as comprehensive as possible.
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