A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Full Audiobook
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- ne of the world’s most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journey-into 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 A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand-and, if possible, answer-the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.
1- 15:43| How to build a universe
2- 40:32| Welcome to the solar system
3- 1:05:39| The reverend
4- 1:34:20| The measure of things
5- 2:21:08| The stone breakers
6- 3:00:18| Science read in tooth and claw
7- 3:45:29| Elemental matters
9- 5:10:25| The mighty atom
10- 5:49:20| getting the lead out
11- 6:17:33| Muster marx quarks
12- 6:46:49| The earth movie
13- 7:18:17| bang
14- 7:03:19| The fire below
15- 8:45:18| Dangerous beauty
16- 9:15:43| Lonely planet
Thank you for this so helpful
you are awesome.
Thank you for taking the time to do this, it is so very helpful.
Thank you so much. I need these times.
Love it
Chapter 1: 15:43
2: 40:32
3: 1:05:39
4: 1:34:20
5: 2:21:08
6: 3:00:18
7: 3:45:29
8: 4:25:12
9: 5:10:25
10: 5:49:20
11: 6:17:33
12: 6:46:49
13: 7:18:17
14: 8:03:19
15: 8:45:18
16: 9:15:43 (Stops mid-way through)
Does it talk about Hitler? And WWII?,
No, it's more about Life and Earth sciences.
@@nickbacta4805 I want to find a vid like this that talks about the wars and the country leaders and yk
@@mrobama6968 Check out Crucible of Hell: Okinawa on Audible. It's narrated by the same guy and it's about one of the last conflicts in WW2. Very interesting.
@@mrobama6968 check out hardcore history ww1 and ww2 series
I fell asleep with this playing and I had some crazy ass dreams!
I love this narrator!! His voice adds a truly inquisitive and comical tone equal to the way my brain absorbs the world of science via magazines, school books and technology. Bravo! for transcribing written words into entertainment.
Buddy, you ain’t heard nutin yet. This book is also narrated by Richard Mathews. Best narration I’ve ever hear in my life. Can only get small clips of him on UA-cam. The rest is this guy we hear now. Nothing compares to the other guy: Richard Mathews
I couldn't have put it better myself! Seldom have l heard narrating that actually places you,your imagination "There" both in comprehension and pleasure at the same time. Kudos to Mr Bryson!...
I had to put him on 0.75 speed. Far too fast and not the right stresses or intonation. Is it an AI voice? I'm assuming so.
It’s so worth buying the audiobook read by the author. A great travel companion. But this will do quite nice. thank you.
Book I keep returning to because it helps me sleep
Loved this book. Loved the narration. All of Bill Bryson’s books are amazing and in between laughing out loud and chuckling to myself I actually learn things. Love you Bill.
This book and the narrator is simply SUPERB! 👍
Ok!😁
This should be taught in every school on earth.
Liked it so I liked it
Doing gym right now and listening to this feel awesome
What a great book, I’ve listened to it quite a few times over the years.
Yes, agreed. But the best version is the one narrated by Richard Matthews...
What you learn?
Thank you for posting - what a crazy cool book. So many things that are connected to each other by discovery I had no idea.
There's also a part two 😊
Thank you, I've read the book and now found this, lucky me. Very good narration. 👍
*WARNING this audiobook doesn't have an ending turn back before you suffer from everlasting trauma
Thanks
Where can I find the ending. I’ve spent 7 hours already :(
LMAO! LOL...
Yeah but it lost me after the ramble about volcanos
This is the full audio book here:
ua-cam.com/video/4Ouqsitxmx4/v-deo.html
Already know this will be a 5/5 after 5 minutes... great narrator... great engaging writing
so many 5s
Im halfway in and so far 10/10
Thank you
This book is so amazing well the stuff that's written in the book are amazing but the way the book was written in itself was pretty amazing as well
Bill Bryson has a good way of writing that makes subjects interesting and relatable. The one on The Human Body is good too. All his books are good tbh 😂
Out of all the great knowledge sources I have, this has to be the largest source, Mainly because it's a short history of flipping nearly everything.
its really funny when it repeats after each chapter
Again and again the book I keep returning to.
Thank you very much for uploading this book.
I can imagine this guy with a pointer stick and being on a screen like the guy from Jurrassic Park 😉
I have this book in Chinese on my shelf right now
cool bro
DOOOOOPE!!!!
Yoo that's pretty rad
My fave book 👍🏻
This deserves way more likes it is very good
Just realised the clouds moving.
9:30:00 No diamonds were found in Johannesburg, that was gold. More gold than has been found there than anywhere else on earth. The diamonds were found in Kimberley, some 600km south-west of Johannesburg. There are several kimberlite pipes in Kimberley including the famous tourist attraction of the "Big Hole" - the original find.
top marks, thats spot on
Kimberly, Johannesburg. South Africa or there about, has proven to have vast deposits of both. But the Grosberg mine at Irian Jaya; in the lsland of New Guinea, may prove to contain and thus be the largest repository of both Gold and Copper in the world...
I listened to this while I'm trying to get to sleep 😴
my favorite book, well one of them
I need to buy this book
Johannesburg, diamonds!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Thank You So So Much for uploading this ❤ 😊 🙏🏻
NOTE: This upload is only about half the book. Full book to be heard here: ua-cam.com/video/4Ouqsitxmx4/v-deo.html
thank you! wish i hadn’t downloaded this half already
Thank You👍
ua-cam.com/video/dvz6JEjQyPI/v-deo.html
Best audiobook on UA-cam
In our modern world, we claim to want to be inclusive.
Yet it seems in the past wildly eccentric characters were accepted and greatly valued.
The problem with inclusiveness is it only counts if you agree with the woke generations agendas, if you dare to have your own opinion,you're labelled as some kind of phobic or crank, they're more like nazis than any right wing organisation in my opinion, have a good day 😁
Isn't the point on inclusivity that everyone is accepted, especially the eccentric?
@@UmuPadoru in theory yes, but it doesn't work like that in the real world does it
They were valued because they already came from rich families. Pretty hard to be a scientist if you don't come from a great family even today.
@@markstevenson1646 lmao
Wow😲what history this is
Thank you for uploading this ♥️
Listing to this mostly bc of the narrator and bc the voice makes this sound like a joke but I love it lol
Also listing to fall asleep 😅
Bill Bryson's performs John Lennon's "Imagine":
You can't Imagine no possessions
I know that you can't
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of Man
Can't Imagine all the people
It's unimaginable (like every other concept in astrophysics apparently...)
00:00:10 here i slept
09:32:27 here i woke up 🥱😕
First class narration.
Haven’t you heard the other guy?
This must be an important book its the only one uploaded on this Story Time channel....interesting 🤔 still listening...
I had a friend who was some what of an Intellectual, he mentioned this guy...
Shame not complete book, agree very interesting
I've learned more from this book then from school.
@8:18:00 this book (published in 2003) foresaw the Japan earthquake waiting to happen. Just 7 years later, it happened... A quick Google search revealed that Japan had a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that killed over 19,000. Rest in peace to those caught in that EQ.
This book starts with elements of creation but then skips nearly all of human history to a relatively recent timeline.
That’s my only complaint to be honest.
@@crazedxi2098 It may in fact be the intent of the book, but the title is misleading at that point haha still vey interesting but I started reading/listening for other reasons
Thank you for sharing
"I needed to find someone and I found you. Thank you for your company" said the lonely girl who found her friend 'Abook' again.
A most wonderful insight indeed, much related to.
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You came to the right side of life. You are not alone any more.
Found who?
Absolutely AMAZING !
Ok!😁
We talk about when we had come here, but not why we have come here
Well impressed the real deal many thanks
The editor of this audiobook clearly wanted to be a dj
Excellent book with excellent narration by the author!!
I agree... mostly (although with the notable exception that he should never attempt to do an accent ever again).
No way! Is this Bill himself narrating? Still can’t beat Richard Mathews
@@infoharvester no, the reader isn’t Bryson... if you want to hear a very good one read by him, check out his memories of his childhood, “The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid” - it’s freakin’ HILARIOUS.
Bryson’s voice takes a little getting used to for some, but it’s worth it. 🙂
This is brilliant 👏👏👏
Great work and presentation, I only wish Mr.Bryson had mentioned Emmy Noether ( without her Therom and other mathematical assistance Einstein's maths don't work) and Paul Dirac ( one of Quantum physics founding fathers)..
see dirac sea .
Wonderful wonderful book. So much fascinating information, had to take it in small doses to contemplate the subjects raised. Note for reader though, please dont try Australian accents 🥺😁
I don't need to try... born and bred Aussie. It just comes naturally! 🙄🤣🤠
Great book and narrator. Going to look up the narrator to see what else he's read.
Some things in here are already outdated/incorrect but I still really enjoyed this
The reader does a creditable job, but personally I prefer the version of this audiobook that was read by the author.
Wonderfully written...and read
Is this the whole book?
I listened to all 9:32:17 of it. This book is all about the scientific history of the world. If you think about it that's the real knowledge humans have gained over the years. PS this isn't the whole book, it stops mid-sentence.
Here's the full book
ua-cam.com/video/4Ouqsitxmx4/v-deo.html
Thank you so much!!
15:42 part 1
On my page there is a playlist of some interesting videos if you're interested
ua-cam.com/play/PLoqWIPevAakfGtyqtojfN9R9oWeokz3Cq.html
They should've used a few quotes from this book for Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)..
Why is it that this video has no ads for non paying subscribers? I thought UA-cam forced commercials on all videos now despite content creator wishes?
ONLY BILL BRYSON IS QUALIFIED TO READ BILL BRYSON.
Saving my spot: 15:34
My Hero , Bill is Awesome 🤩 📚 ❤️🌹❤️
La Condamine wasn’t in Peru he was in Ecuador an Chimborazo it’s not a mountain it’s a volcano situated in Ecuador.
Re Shoemaker Levy Comet, the folks at Electric Universe predicted the huge impacts that occurred. That neither you nor Big Science acknowledges this says it all… makes me ill.
Some humans can pickup on ulf but yes dogs and cows will tell you weather, if you need to know
Something flew across the screen at 6:47:40
it has wings and it's called bird.
I think it was a UFO.
Great free listen, but now I have to buy it, to find out the ending. Lol
#buybooks #supportwriters
6:17:21 wtf lol 🤣
My brain is full of information from this book
Essy to see where Steven fry gets most of his knowledge for Q i
2:20:50
Geology
Geology
Geology
Geology
Geology
Geology
Chapter 5
What's going on from 2:20:50 to 2:21:08? Was this recorded from a vinyl record?
Wtf? I listened to this for 10 hrs and it's not complete???? Where's the rest!?
Anyone from 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 ireland think 🤔 his accent in this sounds like uncle gaybo?.... as in Gay Byrne?
Or is it just me 😆🇮🇪❤... in the madness of 2021..... Sláinte 🍻
Can't get it out of my head now 😂🙄🙄🙄🙄Noooooo 😂
37:00 🙄😂😂😂 oah Uncle Gabo 🇮🇪❤🍻
Nobody has the Richard Mathews narrator 😞
Thank you for answering my silent question!
1:52 measurement of an arc of the earth
For years I've been irritated with Bill Bryson for criticizing Grandma Gatewood who walked the Appalachian Trail. He seemed cynical about it-- probably because she completed it more than once and I don't think he ever did although he did write a book about his adventures walking part of it. He was so arrogant I have avoided his books. Since I don't have to pay for this one I'll listen. Take that Bill Bryson, you toad.
The other thing that possibly keep me from reading his books would be his statements on how the universe or excuse me how the possibility of mankind and it's billions and billions of atoms existing and can only happen once I thought that was a bit presumptive.
what a dumb fucking take
I think what pisses me off the most ist that he calls it a short history of nearly everything but it's ONLY a history of white, male discoveries (with a few exceptions). No mention of any history of the colored majority. Calling that "nearly everything" seems delusional...
Omg im about to be so fn pist! I've listened to 9 1/2 hours of this book and it just ends mid sentence?! Wtf lol! For the love of God someone please tell me the rest of this book is somewhere on here
ua-cam.com/video/4Ouqsitxmx4/v-deo.html
@@funknunkl THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Haha I have been so disgusted I haven't even been on here today cuz I couldn't find the second part haha. You are a Saint!!
3:01:00 evidence?
What would happen if you took a bunch of atomic nuclei from the lighter elements, let’s say for the sake of argument an amount equal to all the mass in our universe, which were too hot for electrons to attach themselves to and stuck those nuclei in a section of outer space that had no other mass/energy for an infinite distance in every direction, then squished them down into a singularity? Answer: you can’t do it. “What happened before the Big Bang is like asking what lies south of the South Pole” famous last words in the understanding of who we are and where we came from. Dark energy, dark matter, inflation, those are all just add-ons to mathematically justify (as much as possible) a set of conditions imagined for the beginning of our universe. The LHC shows not what happens to atoms, protons, etc in the 10 to the minus 43 seconds after the Big Bang, just what happens in the extreme conditions created by the collider. The initial conditions are absolutely relevant in determining the time frames. 10 to the minus 43s is only a mathematic result of running the calculations in an old model which has had crazy adjustments to it. So, what happens if you take atomic nuclei, equal to the amount of mass in our universe, which are too hot for electrons to attach themselves to and stick them in a section of the universe with no mass/energy for ♾ distance in every direction, then squish it down as much as possible without destroying the nuclear forces? My bet, life would happen. Not humans necessarily, because evolution is a shit show, but life, and the conductors of the experiment would either have to slightly adjust the equations in relativity, gravity, or adjust the time they believed it took for those nuclei to have electrons attach and form atoms. Inflation would not be necessary. No matter how much atomic nuclei there was it could not collapse back into a singularity because singularities are a result of the collapse of fully formed matter, and those nuclei have not yet become full fledged atoms. Yes, it might bounce a few times, and being that I don’t work at CERN I cannot speculate as to the state of those nuclei, specifically the exact strain on the atomic forces at the exact moment such a bounce might occur (just to be clear I am not talking about the Big Bounce, which is poppycock because the energy that created our universe was reappropriated from lonely singularities in a frozen universe through worm holes) although if our universe bounced a couple times while trying to form it certainly would have occurred before becoming a singularity, obviously. Space is flat. If you were to separate areas of space which contain traditional mass/energy enough, space is flat. Shine a laser through no dust and around no celestial bodies and that shit goes straight. Space is infinite. Our universe is not. Our universe began with the Big Bang. The space was already there though. Time, as far as we are capable of imagining, started with the Big Bang. Relativity started with the Big Bang. Space was already there, and in that space are infinite other universes, all banged in the same manner as ours, but they are all infinitely far away, which is not a problem mathematically since there are infinite infinities In infinity, and that is the wave function of the universe aka the reason quantum mechanics does what it does. The universe is too mathematically precise for shit to happen accidentally, so it is not an accident that universes require expanding space to form; ♾ is not a static number, so it has to expand because if infinity stopped growing it would cease to be infinite.
40:52
Awesome! Is this the complete audiobook?
@NIHAR MENON What? I have the book and its nearly 600 something. 30 chapters
@@abdullahlaith2629 maybe their book has larger text than yours.
@@sheetalheena it's only half
No it's 18h or so in total this is only half
@@diannevloon3297 Ah I see, that makes sense, thank you
This is half the book. The full version of the same audiobook can be found here: ua-cam.com/video/dvz6JEjQyPI/v-deo.html.
Our universe has millions of black holes so when they expand - millions more universes will take place
48:10
33:20 Lost in the Cosmos
Something sounds a little suspect when an author comes out with a statement such as the billions and trillions of atoms that came together to make you happen will only happen just once somehow this statement makes me wonder about the author's belief in how random the universe is and then again maybe not.
It's just a fun intro.
00:35:30
Despite the title saying this is the Full Audibook, I found a MUCH longer version: ua-cam.com/video/dvz6JEjQyPI/v-deo.html
I'll give you a heads up we are not getting to have a near in my my lifetime I will leave records of how to track our next one so Yellowstone yes it's not the biggest volcano but it is above water so people notice it most yes I done honest work because I was curious
5:56:00
7:53:38 comet warning
3:00:00