Bill Bryson's A Shory History of Nearly Everything

Recently, I listened to an audio book abridgement of Bill Bryson's book A Short History of Nearly Everything (the title is humorous). What Mr. Bryson presents here is an interesting, condensed history of science -- physics, geology, chemistry, paleontology, meteorlogy, astronomy, oceanography, and biology. Some of it is a little dated -- dark matter is mentioned, but not dark energy -- still, this audio book is well worth a listen. It should enhance your science fiction reading and viewing.