Quick Reads. Deep Knowledge

A quick summary of nearly everything

The Earth is always at risk of existential dangers looming within the solar system – and even on our own planet.

Though the Earth supports an uncountable number of species, all life can be seen as one.

Life started spontaneously as a bundle of genetic material that found a way to copy itself.

Bacteria are Earth’s most abundant life forms, and we’re here because they enable us to be.

We know surprisingly little about life in the oceans.

There are four unique criteria that make life on planet Earth possible.

Werner Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle helps explain how particles move.

Einstein’s general theory of relativity totally changed how we look at gravity.

Einstein’s special theory of relativity states that time is relative.

Rocks and fossils showed that the Earth was old, but radioactivity showed just how old it was.

Isaac Newton was focused on making sense of how the universe and Earth moved.

The universe is so big, there are probably other beings out there – we just haven't found them yet.

The big bang theory states that the universe developed from an incredibly dense point, and at terrific speed.

A Short History of Nearly Everything offers an enlightening summary of contemporary scientific thinking relating to all aspects of life.