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AShortHistoryofNearlyEverythingCopyright©2003byBillBrysonAllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyandomHouseLargePrintinassociationwithBroadwayBooks,NewYorkandsimultaneouslyinCanadabyRandomHouseofCanadaLimited,Toronto.DistributedbyRandomHouse,Inc.,NewYork.TheLibraryofCongresshasestablishedaCataloging-in-Publicationrecordforthistitle.0-375-43200-0ACKNOWLEDGMENTSAsIsithere,inearly2003,IhavebeforemeseveralpagesofmanuscriptbearingmajesticallyencouragingandtactfulnotesfromIanTattersaloftheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistorypointingout,interalia,thatPerigueuxisnotawineproducingregion,thatitisinventivebutatouchunorthodoxofmetoitalicizetaxonomicdivisionsabovethelevelofgenusandspecies,thatIhavepersistentlymisspelledOlorgesaille,aplacethatIrecentlyvisited,andsooninsimilarveinthroughtwochaptersoftextcoveringhisareaofexpertise,earlyhumans.Goodnessknowshowmanyotherinkyembarrassmentsmaylurkinthesepagesyet,butitisthankstoDr.TattersallandallofthosewhomIamabouttomentionthattherearen'tmanyhundredsmore.Icannotbegintothankadequatelythosewhohelpedmeinthepreparationofthisbook.Iamespeciallyindebtedtothefollowing,whowereuniformlygenerousandkindlyandshowedthemostheroicreservesofpatienceinansweringonesimple,endlesslyrepeatedquestion:"I'msorry,butcanyouexplainthatagain?"IntheUnitedStates:IanTattersalloftheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistoryinNewYork;JohnThorstensen,MaryK.Hudson,andDavidBlanchflowerofDartmouthCollegeinHanover,NewHampshire;Dr.WilliamAbduandDr.BryanMarshofDartmouth-HitchcockMedicalCenterinLebanon,NewHampshire;RayAndersonandBrianWitzkeoftheIowaDepartmentofNaturalResources,Iowacity;MikeVoorhiesoftheUniversityofNebraskaandAshfallFossilBedsStateParknearOrchard,Nebraska;ChuckOffenburgerofBuenaVistaUniversity,StormLake,Iowa;KenRancourt,directorofresearch,MountWashingtonObservatory,Gorham,NewHampshire;PaulDoss,geologistofYellowstoneNationa
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