Bill Bryson is the author of many bestselling books, including A Walk In the Woods, Notes From a Small Island, I’m a Stranger Here Myself, Down Under and Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words. His first encounter with science, in a textbook at school, convinced him the subject was boring – or at best incomprehensible. His interest was rekindled three years ago, and the result is A Short History of Nearly Everything, published in the US this month (Broadway) and in the UK next week (Doubleday). He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, but will shortly be moving to England.
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