A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson read by Richard Matthews

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Other by Bill Bryson read by Richard Matthews

Released May 2003

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CD 1
1
[Front matter]
Richard Matthews
0:12
2
Introduction, Part 1
2:47
3
Introduction, Part 2
4:11
4
Introduction, Part 3
3:51
5
Introduction, Part 4 / Part I: "Lost in the Cosmos", Epigraph
3:42
6
Chapter 1: "How to Build a Universe", Part 1
3:39
7
Chapter 1: "How to Build a Universe", Part 2
4:08
8
Chapter 1: "How to Build a Universe", Part 3
2:55
9
Chapter 1: "How to Build a Universe", Part 4
3:46
10
Chapter 1: "How to Build a Universe", Part 5
3:55
11
Chapter 1: "How to Build a Universe", Part 6
4:29
12
Chapter 1: "How to Build a Universe", Part 7
1:12
13
Chapter 2: "Welcome to the Solar System", Part 1
4:05
14
Chapter 2: "Welcome to the Solar System", Part 2
3:27
15
Chapter 2: "Welcome to the Solar System", Part 3
2:12
16
Chapter 2: "Welcome to the Solar System", Part 4
3:41
17
Chapter 2: "Welcome to the Solar System", Part 5
2:59
18
Chapter 2: "Welcome to the Solar System", Part 6
3:04
19
Chapter 2: "Welcome to the Solar System", Part 7
3:51
20
Chapter 3: "The Reverend Evans's Universe", Part 1
3:10
21
Chapter 3: "The Reverend Evans's Universe", Part 2
1:49
22
Chapter 3: "The Reverend Evans's Universe", Part 3
2:36
23
Chapter 3: "The Reverend Evans's Universe", Part 4
2:45
CD 2
1
Chapter 3: "The Reverend Evans's Universe", Part 5
2:14
2
Chapter 3: "The Reverend Evans's Universe", Part 6
3:01
3
Chapter 3: "The Reverend Evans's Universe", Part 7
3:22
4
Chapter 3: "The Reverend Evans's Universe", Part 8
2:57
5
Chapter 3: "The Reverend Evans's Universe", Part 9
3:26
6
Chapter 3: "The Reverend Evans's Universe", Part 10
1:15
7
Part II: "The Size of the Earth", Epigraph / Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 1
2:42
8
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 2
2:59
9
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 3
3:28
10
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 4
3:33
11
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 5
2:47
12
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 6
3:10
13
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 7
2:12
14
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 8
3:33
15
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 9
4:01
16
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 10
3:25
17
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 11
2:53
18
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 12
2:45
19
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 13
4:07
20
Chapter 4: "The Measure of Things", Part 14
3:57
21
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 1
4:32
22
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 2
3:25
23
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 3
3:15
CD 3
1
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 4
2:29
2
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 5
3:50
3
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 6
3:29
4
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 7
2:49
5
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 8
2:45
6
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 9
2:54
7
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 10
3:31
8
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 11
2:50
9
Chapter 5: "The Stone-Breakers", Part 12
2:38
10
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 1
2:49
11
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 2
3:19
12
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 3
3:20
13
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 4
2:18
14
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 5
3:06
15
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 6
3:35
16
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 7
3:16
17
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 8
3:28
18
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 9
3:38
19
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 10
2:35
20
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 11
3:24
21
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 12
3:09
22
Chapter 6: "Science Red in Tooth and Claw", Part 13
4:41
23
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 1
3:51
CD 4
1
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 2
3:23
2
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 3
3:11
3
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 4
2:10
4
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 5
3:22
5
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 6
3:32
6
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 7
2:44
7
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 8
3:03
8
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 9
2:31
9
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 10
3:24
10
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 11
3:29
11
Chapter 7: "Elemental Matters", Part 12
3:56
12
Part III: "A New Age Dawns", Epigraph / Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 1
3:49
13
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 2
3:31
14
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 3
3:02
15
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 4
2:49
16
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 5
3:39
17
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 6
2:52
18
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 7
2:43
19
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 8
4:16
20
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 9
3:19
21
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 10
4:17
22
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 11
3:30
23
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 12
2:15
CD 5
1
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 13
3:14
2
Chapter 8: "Einstein's Universe", Part 14
1:52
3
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 1
3:19
4
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 2
3:43
5
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 3
3:27
6
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 4
3:20
7
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 5
3:49
8
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 6
2:59
9
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 7
3:32
10
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 8
3:38
11
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 9
3:31
12
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 10
2:55
13
Chapter 9: "The Mighty Atom", Part 11
3:44
14
Chapter 10: "Getting the Lead Out", Part 1
3:20
15
Chapter 10: "Getting the Lead Out", Part 2
4:22
16
Chapter 10: "Getting the Lead Out", Part 3
2:32
17
Chapter 10: "Getting the Lead Out", Part 4
3:29
18
Chapter 10: "Getting the Lead Out", Part 5
2:48
19
Chapter 10: "Getting the Lead Out", Part 6
3:20
20
Chapter 10: "Getting the Lead Out", Part 7
2:45
21
Chapter 10: "Getting the Lead Out", Part 8
2:55
22
Chapter 10: "Getting the Lead Out", Part 9
1:51
23
Chapter 11: "Muster Mark's Quarks", Part 1
2:35
CD 6
1
Chapter 11: "Muster Mark's Quarks", Part 2
4:00
2
Chapter 11: "Muster Mark's Quarks", Part 3
2:03
3
Chapter 11: "Muster Mark's Quarks", Part 4
3:42
4
Chapter 11: "Muster Mark's Quarks", Part 5
3:16
5
Chapter 11: "Muster Mark's Quarks", Part 6
3:49
6
Chapter 11: "Muster Mark's Quarks", Part 7
3:01
7
Chapter 11: "Muster Mark's Quarks", Part 8
4:33
8
Chapter 11: "Muster Mark's Quarks", Part 9
2:32
9
Chapter 12: "The Earth Moves", Part 1
3:36
10
Chapter 12: "The Earth Moves", Part 2
4:05
11
Chapter 12: "The Earth Moves", Part 3
3:01
12
Chapter 12: "The Earth Moves", Part 4
3:08
13
Chapter 12: "The Earth Moves", Part 5
3:42
14
Chapter 12: "The Earth Moves", Part 6
4:25
15
Chapter 12: "The Earth Moves", Part 7
3:02
16
Chapter 12: "The Earth Moves", Part 8
4:22
17
Part IV: ""Dangerous Planet", Epigraph / Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 1
3:25
18
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 2
4:04
19
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 3
3:22
20
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 4
3:13
21
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 5
2:39
CD 7
1
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 6
3:24
2
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 7
3:13
3
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 8
2:22
4
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 9
2:37
5
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 10
2:53
6
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 11
3:04
7
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 12
3:02
8
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 13
3:21
9
Chapter 13: "Bang!", Part 14
1:09
10
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 1
3:05
11
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 2
2:39
12
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 3
3:21
13
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 4
2:55
14
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 5
0:41
15
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 6
2:38
16
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 7
2:05
17
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 8
2:59
18
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 9
3:20
19
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 10
2:44
20
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 11
3:01
21
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 12
2:35
22
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 13
2:47
23
Chapter 14: "The Fire Below", Part 14
3:59
24
Chapter 15: "Dangerous Beauty", Part 1
2:35
25
Chapter 15: "Dangerous Beauty", Part 2
3:14
26
Chapter 15: "Dangerous Beauty", Part 3
1:59
27
Chapter 15: "Dangerous Beauty", Part 4
2:24
CD 8
1
Chapter 15: "Dangerous Beauty", Part 5
3:49
2
Chapter 15: "Dangerous Beauty", Part 6
2:48
3
Chapter 15: "Dangerous Beauty", Part 7
3:30
4
Chapter 15: "Dangerous Beauty", Part 8
3:51
5
Chapter 15: "Dangerous Beauty", Part 9
3:13
6
Chapter 15: "Dangerous Beauty", Part 10
1:34
7
Part V: "Life Itself", Epigraph / Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 1
3:21
8
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 2
2:57
9
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 3
2:59
10
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 4
2:56
11
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 5
2:34
12
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 6
3:13
13
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 7
2:06
14
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 8
3:28
15
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 9
3:05
16
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 10
3:28
17
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 11
3:15
18
Chapter 16: "Lonely Planet", Part 12
3:32
19
Chapter 17: "Into the Troposphere", Part 1
3:11
20
Chapter 17: "Into the Troposphere", Part 2
3:27
21
Chapter 17: "Into the Troposphere", Part 3
3:26
22
Chapter 17: "Into the Troposphere", Part 4
3:18
23
Chapter 17: "Into the Troposphere", Part 5
4:26
CD 9
1
Chapter 17: "Into the Troposphere", Part 6
3:01
2
Chapter 17: "Into the Troposphere", Part 7
2:53
3
Chapter 17: "Into the Troposphere", Part 8
3:14
4
Chapter 17: "Into the Troposphere", Part 9
3:16
5
Chapter 17: "Into the Troposphere", Part 10
3:49
6
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 1
3:50
7
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 2
3:43
8
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 3
3:45
9
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 4
3:27
10
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 5
4:09
11
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 6
4:22
12
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 7
3:10
13
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 8
4:09
14
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 9
3:03
15
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 10
4:38
16
Chapter 18: "The Bounding Main", Part 11
2:17
17
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 1
3:48
18
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 2
4:43
19
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 3
3:56
20
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 4
4:33
CD 10
1
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 5
3:20
2
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 6
2:48
3
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 7
3:00
4
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 8
2:19
5
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 9
3:46
6
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 10
3:35
7
Chapter 19: "The Rise of Life", Part 11
1:10
8
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 1
2:24
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Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 2
3:06
10
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 3
2:59
11
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 4
3:05
12
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 5
2:45
13
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 6
2:28
14
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 7
3:09
15
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 8
3:20
16
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 9
2:27
17
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 10
2:41
18
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 11
3:30
19
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 12
2:43
20
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 13
3:24
21
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 14
2:48
22
Chapter 20: "Small World", Part 15
4:30
23
Chapter 21: "Life Goes On", Part 1
3:23
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Chapter 21: "Life Goes On", Part 2
3:18
CD 11
1
Chapter 21: "Life Goes On", Part 3
3:37
2
Chapter 21: "Life Goes On", Part 4
4:01
3
Chapter 21: "Life Goes On", Part 5
4:18
4
Chapter 21: "Life Goes On", Part 6
3:56
5
Chapter 21: "Life Goes On", Part 7
3:51
6
Chapter 21: "Life Goes On", Part 8
4:43
7
Chapter 21: "Life Goes On", Part 9
3:40
8
Chapter 22: "Good-bye to All That", Part 1
4:50
9
Chapter 22: "Good-bye to All That", Part 2
4:13
10
Chapter 22: "Good-bye to All That", Part 3
4:48
11
Chapter 22: "Good-bye to All That", Part 4
4:14
12
Chapter 22: "Good-bye to All That", Part 5
3:56
13
Chapter 22: "Good-bye to All That", Part 6
3:48
14
Chapter 22: "Good-bye to All That", Part 7
4:05
15
Chapter 22: "Good-bye to All That", Part 8
4:43
16
Chapter 22: "Good-bye to All That", Part 9
3:11
17
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 1
5:01
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Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 2
3:26
CD 12
1
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 3
3:13
2
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 4
2:53
3
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 5
3:08
4
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 6
2:54
5
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 7
2:23
6
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 8
2:42
7
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 9
3:17
8
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 10
3:19
9
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 11
3:35
10
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 12
3:01
11
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 13
2:51
12
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 14
2:54
13
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 15
3:23
14
Chapter 23: "The Richness of Being", Part 16
3:09
15
Chapter 24: "Cells", Part 1
3:25
16
Chapter 24: "Cells", Part 2
3:08
17
Chapter 24: "Cells", Part 3
3:02
18
Chapter 24: "Cells", Part 4
3:14
19
Chapter 24: "Cells", Part 5
3:23
20
Chapter 24: "Cells", Part 6
2:26
21
Chapter 24: "Cells", Part 7
3:24
22
Chapter 24: "Cells", Part 8
2:05
23
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 1
3:42
CD 13
1
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 2
2:48
2
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 3
3:17
3
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 4
3:38
4
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 5
3:11
5
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 6
2:53
6
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 7
2:47
7
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 8
3:03
8
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 9
3:14
9
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 10
4:04
10
Chapter 25: "Darwin's Singular Notion", Part 11
4:12
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Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 1
3:00
12
Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 2
2:52
13
Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 3
2:50
14
Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 4
2:38
15
Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 5
3:11
16
Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 6
3:23
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Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 7
2:47
18
Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 8
3:31
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Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 9
2:13
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Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 10
3:11
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Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 11
2:51
22
Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 12
3:48
23
Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 13
3:12
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Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 14
1:47
CD 14
1
Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 15
3:01
2
Chapter 26: "The Stuff of Life", Part 16
2:10
3
Part VI: "The Road to Us", Epigraph / Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 1
3:21
4
Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 2
3:47
5
Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 3
2:29
6
Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 4
3:01
7
Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 5
3:03
8
Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 6
3:09
9
Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 7
3:49
10
Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 8
3:08
11
Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 9
3:00
12
Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 10
2:51
13
Chapter 27: "Ice Time", Part 11
3:27
14
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 1
3:07
15
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 2
2:43
16
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 3
2:57
17
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 4
3:22
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Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 5
2:57
19
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 6
2:47
20
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 7
2:42
21
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 8
3:20
22
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 9
3:11
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Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 10
3:12
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Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 11
1:43
CD 15
1
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 12
3:29
2
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 13
3:00
3
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 14
2:38
4
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 15
3:43
5
Chapter 28: "The Mysterious Biped", Part 16
1:35
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Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 1
2:57
7
Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 2
3:12
8
Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 3
3:18
9
Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 4
2:59
10
Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 5
3:29
11
Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 6
2:56
12
Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 7
3:08
13
Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 8
2:52
14
Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 9
3:24
15
Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 10
3:44
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Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 11
3:18
17
Chapter 29: "The Restless Ape", Part 12
1:44
18
Chapter 30: "Good-bye", Part 1
3:09
19
Chapter 30: "Good-bye", Part 2
2:54
20
Chapter 30: "Good-bye", Part 3
3:35
21
Chapter 30: "Good-bye", Part 4
3:01
22
Chapter 30: "Good-bye", Part 5
2:49
23
Chapter 30: "Good-bye", Part 6
3:20
24
Chapter 30: "Good-bye", Part 7
3:34
25
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Release credits

Simon Vance
spoken vocals [3.1-23, 14.1-24, 13.1-24, 7.1-27, 10.1-24, 1.2-23, 11.1-18, 15.1-24, 9.1-20, 5.1-23, 6.1-21, 2.1-23, 8.1-23, 12.1-23, 4.1-23]

Issues

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A Short History of Nearly Everything
15x CD
May 2003
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Unknown format
2003