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Although Bryson's book is terrific and a fun read, my candidate for the best
history of science book is Boorstin's "The Discoverers". He wrote three similar
history books. One is on the arts and literature, I think. Don't recall the
topic of the third. Maybe arts was one and literature the other. They didn't get
quite the reception of "The Discoverers".

Daniels, Alissa wrote:

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> Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" is a layman's read
> of...well, the history of everything. Everything in science, anyway. It's
> very readable and typical of Bryson's humor. I'm about 3/4 through it now
> (so, I'm up to Darwin....)
> 
> AD

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