Description

Among the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- in to the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.In A Walk-In the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted a few of the most lethal wildlife Australia provides. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to comprehend -- and, if at all possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we've posed concerning the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to comprehend how exactly we got from there being very little to there being us.