short-history-of-nearly-everything_bryson-bill.md

title	authors	course	olid	status	tags	year	month	publisher	pages
A Short History of Nearly Everything	Bill Bryson	science	OL7441792M	featured	world	2003	may	Broadway Books	624

There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.

We know a lot about the world. For example, that it weighs about 5.97×10²⁴ kg. But how do we know that?! You can't just put it on a scale!

To answer this question (and many more), Bill Bryson interviewed a few scientists and uncovered the fascinating, brilliant, and often absurd history of modern science.