Publisher：Doubleday

Publication date：21 Oct. 2025

Edition：Revised

Language：English

Print length：656 pages

ISBN-10：1529966817

ISBN-13：978-1529966817

Item weight：788 g

Dimensions：15.4 x 4.8 x 23.4 cm

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比尔·布莱森，享誉世界的旅游文学作家。

1951年出生于美国艾奥瓦州，毕业于美国德雷克大学。从1973年起，曾在英国居住20年之久，任职于《泰晤士报》与《独立报》，同时也为《纽约时报》、《国家地理杂志》等刊物撰文。后搬回美国，现与妻子和四个小孩居住于新罕布什尔州的汉诺威市。

布莱森擅长用不同的眼光来看待他所游历的世界，在他的书里，英国式的睿智幽默与美国式的搞笑绝妙地融合在了一起。他的尖刻加上他的博学，让他的文字充满了幽默、机敏和智慧，使他自己成为“目前活在世上的有趣的旅游文学作家”（《泰晤士报》）。

代表作有《哈！小不列颠》、《欧洲在发酵》、《一脚踩进小美国》、《别跟山过不去》、《请问这里是美国吗？》等多种，每本均高居美、英、加畅销书排行榜前列。其中《哈！小不列颠》更被英国读者推选为“能深刻传达出英国灵魂的作品”。

《A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0》是比尔·布莱森（Bill Bryson）于2003年出版的全球畅销科普读物《A Short History of Nearly Everything》的全新修订与更新版，于2025年10月21日正式发行。此次2.0版本的推出，旨在反映自原书出版后过去二十多年间（约2003年至2025年）科学领域取得的重大进展。

2.0版本不仅仅是简单的勘误或增补，而是对全书进行了全面、深入的修订，以整合新科学知识。

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在这本21世纪畅销的科普读物——《万物简史2.0》的全新修订版中，比尔·布莱森以清晰易懂的方式，将复杂的科学知识讲解得引人入胜，让每一位对周围世界充满好奇的读者都能轻松理解。

现已全面修订更新。

“令人印象深刻……很难想象还有比这更好的科学入门指南。”——《卫报》

比尔·布莱森对周围的世界充满了好奇。《万物简史2.0》正是他探索宇宙万物起源的成果，旨在了解从宇宙大爆炸到文明兴起的一切——我们如何从虚无发展到今天的模样。本书现已全面更新，反映了自出版以来二十年间的众多科学发现，其中涵盖了诸多内容，包括：

●冥王星为何不再是行星

●太阳系卫星数量为何在二十年间翻了一番以上

●科学家如何利用遗传学的进步发现了此前未知的早期人类物种

●我们为何至今仍不清楚宇宙大部分是由什么构成的

●希格斯玻色子如何改变了物理学

这段穿越时空的旅程将为新一代读者（无论老少）以及本书初版时的读者带来基于当今知识的全新视角。

布莱森以其独树一帜的文风，将复杂的主题阐述得引人入胜，让每一位对周围世界充满好奇的人都能轻松理解。

《万物简史2.0》以全新的视角展现了世界。

《万物简史》好评如潮：

“我怀疑是否还有比这本更适合普通读者了解现代科学发现的书籍。”——《星期日电讯报》

“比尔·布莱森拥有无与伦比的天赋，能以清晰的方式解释深奥的科学主题。”——《星期日邮报》

“一部科学之旅，由一位风趣幽默、引人入胜且博学多识的向导带领。”——《泰晤士报》

“通俗易懂，绝不晦涩难懂。”——《星期日泰晤士报》

“一本真正实用且易读的书……既能带来愉悦的阅读体验，又能增长知识。读过这本书的人，看待世界的方式将会焕然一新。”——《每日快报》

“这正是我一生都在寻找的书……布莱森以渊博的知识和许多精彩的笑话，展现了他渊博的学识。”——《每日邮报》

“注定成为现代科学写作的经典之作。”——《纽约时报》

In this fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling popular science book of the 21st century, Bill Bryson makes complex subjects clear and compelling for everyone with an interest in the world around them.

NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED.

'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist

'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' Guardian

Bill Bryson can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 is the result of his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization – how we got from being nothing at all to what we are today. Now fully updated to reflect the many scientific discoveries in the last twenty years since this book was first published, it explains among much else:

●why Pluto is no longer a planet

●how the number of moons in the solar system has more than doubled in 20 years

●how scientists used advances in genetics to discover previously unknown species of early humans

●why we still don't know what most of the universe is made of

●how the little Higgs boson transformed physics

This journey through time and space will inform a new generation of readers, young and old, as well as those who read this book on first publication with a new perspective based on what we know now.

Written in his inimitable style, Bryson makes complex subjects fascinating and accessible to everyone with an interest in the world around them.

A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 reveals the world in a whole new way.

Praise for A Short History of Nearly Everything:

‘I doubt that a better book for the layman about the findings of modern science has been written.’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Bill Bryson has an unmatched gift for explaining the most difficult subjects in the clearest possible way.’ Mail on Sunday

'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide' The Times

‘Hugely readable and never obfuscating.’ Sunday Times

‘A genuinely useful and readable book... A thoroughly enjoyable, as well as educational, experience. Nobody who reads it will ever look at the world around them in the same way again’ Daily Express

‘The very book I have been looking for most of my life... Bryson wears his knowledge with aplomb and a lot of very good jokes.’ Daily Mail

‘Destined to become a modern classic of science writing’ The New York Times