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Bryson is a clever writer, and he obviously did a tremendous amount of research for this book. Lots of review if you have a background in the earth and life sciences, but there are some fun bits of trivia thrown in. I didn't find it terribly effective to try to cover so many topics so briefly. I also found some of the explanations of controversies to be lacking in clarity and too superficial for the subject matter. Despite my issues with the book, I'm always glad when an accessible and popular a
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