This is an easy-to-understand and fascinating book about the history of the development of modern science. The author uses clear, humorous writing style to collect various interesting stories from the big bang of the universe to the development of human civilization. .Surprises and exclamations make up this book, and all things in the world make up this book, which is beneficial for people to understand the infinite mysteries of the vast world and grasp the development of everything. The book traces back those great and wonderful moments in the history of science, and cites the latest scientific historical materials discovered in recent years. Almost every event described by the author is strange and amazing: the universe originated from a singularity that can only be seen with a microscope ; global warming may make North America and northern Europe colder; the 1815 tsunami triggered by the eruption of Mount Tambora on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia claimed 100,000 lives; The largest active volcano in the world"... And those scientists who are obsessed with science are also full of strange things: Darwin actually played the piano for earthworms; Newton inserted a large needle eye needle into the eye socket just to see what would happen ; Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm regardless of the danger of his life; Cavendish did an electric shock intensity experiment on himself, and he was unconscious; Counted the wrong number of fingers and toes, and hid the fossils from others for 48 years...

While telling the miracles and achievements of science, this book is also imbued with strong humanistic care of compassion.From the perspective of the history of scientific development, the whole book gives a very precise explanation of the eternal proposition "Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?" Life, a new understanding of the world we live in.The father of a young American reader said that after reading it, he is no longer afraid of death... The author believes that this is the highest evaluation a book can get. After the book was published in the United States in May 2003, it has been at the forefront of the rankings of "New York Times" and "The Times" for dozens of consecutive weeks. , this book won the crown. At the beginning of 2004, it was selected as one of the best scientific works in 2003 by the American magazine "Science". In June 2004, it won the world's most famous popular science book award, the Aventis Award, issued by the Royal Society of England.

Bill Bryson is a world-renowned travel writer. Born in Iowa, USA in 1951, graduated from Drake University.Since 1973, he has lived in the UK for 20 years, worked for The Times and The Independent, and also wrote articles for publications such as The New York Times and National Geographic.He later moved back to the United States and now lives in Hanover, New Hampshire with his wife and four children. Bryson is good at seeing the world he travels through different eyes. In his book, British wise humor and American funny are brilliantly blended together.His acerbity, combined with his erudition, imbues his writing with humor, wit and wit, making him "the funniest travel writer alive alive" (The Times).

Representative works include "Ha!Little Britain", "Europe is Fermenting", "Stepping into Little America", "Don't Get Over the Mountain", "Is this America? " and many other books, each of which ranks at the top of the bestseller lists in the United States, Britain, and Canada.Among them, "Ha!"Little Britain" was selected by British readers as "the work that most profoundly conveys the British soul". The author is not only talented, but also has a wide range of interests. He has written "Dictionary of Troublesome Words", "Mother Tongue", "American English" and other books in linguistics, all of which are humorous works with a large number of fans.

Yan Weiming, former professor of PLA Foreign Language Institute.He once studied at the University of London, the University of the District of Columbia and the George Washington University as a visiting scholar. Since 1995, he has enjoyed special allowances from the State Council.The main translations include "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and dozens of other translations, as well as the collection of essays "Experiences in Western Europe" and "The Other Side of the Ocean". Chen Yong, Master of Arts, graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages, Sichuan University, majoring in English Language and Literature in 1989, and graduated from the Department of Chinese, Nanjing University, majoring in Modern and Contemporary Literature in 1996.

It seems destined to become a classic of modern popular science works. ── The New York Times The best book on modern scientific discovery ever written for the general reader. ── The Sunday Telegraph Reading Bryson's works is like listening to interesting stories.Together with the author, it is very meaningful for most readers to go through the tunnel of time and space, to travel the ocean of science with masters like Darwin, Einstein, and Newton, and to explore the mysteries of the universe and the world . ── Publishers Weekly In another decade or two, Bryson will surely receive letters from many young scientists.They told him that it was his book that led them into the halls of science and made them understand how to live their lives. -- The Oregonian

There is bound to be a sales frenzy, with the result that millions of people will know more about everything in the universe and about life than ever before. ── The Daily Telegraph Science is actually not as mysterious and profound as people imagine, it happens around us every day. ── Xu Zhihong (Peking University President, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences) An intelligent, humorous and eye-opening scientific journey. ── Gan Zizhao (academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the first chief scientist of the National Superconducting Expert Committee) I think this is an excellent popular science book worth recommending to all teenagers. ── He Zuoxiu (academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, famous theoretical physicist)

can be ranked among the most fascinating books. ── Peter Atkins (Famous Professor of Oxford University, President of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Chemistry) This ambitious book connects science to the widest possible audience in an intelligent and accessible way. ── Robert Winston (Chairman of the Royal Society Aventis Prize Jury) A landmark work...all the more attractive if it were included in the first-choice textbooks for science education in all schools. ── Tim Flannery (Chairman of the South Australian Science Council and author of Nature's Missing Link)