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1、AShortHistoryofNearlyEverythingCopyright©2003byBillBrysonAllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyandomHouseLargePrintinassociationwithBroadwayBooks,NewYorkandsimultaneouslyinCanadabyRandomHous
2、eofCanadaLimited,Toronto.DistributedbyRandomHouse,Inc.,NewYork.TheLibraryofCongresshasestablishedaCataloging-in-Publicationrecordforthistitle.0-375-43200-0ACKNOWLEDGMENTSAsIsithere,inearly2003,Ihavebeforemeseveralpagesofmanuscriptbearingmajesticallyencouraging
3、andtactfulnotesfromIanTattersaloftheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistorypointingout,interalia,thatPerigueuxisnotawineproducingregion,thatitisinventivebutatouchunorthodoxofmetoitalicizetaxonomicdivisionsabovethelevelofgenusandspecies,thatIhavepersistentlymisspelledOl
4、orgesaille,aplacethatIrecentlyvisited,andsooninsimilarveinthroughtwochaptersoftextcoveringhisareaofexpertise,earlyhumans.Goodnessknowshowmanyotherinkyembarrassmentsmaylurkinthesepagesyet,butitisthankstoDr.TattersallandallofthosewhomIamabouttomentionthattherear
5、en'tmanyhundredsmore.Icannotbegintothankadequatelythosewhohelpedmeinthepreparationofthisbook.Iamespeciallyindebtedtothefollowing,whowereuniformlygenerousandkindlyandshowedthemostheroicreservesofpatienceinansweringonesimple,endlesslyrepeatedquestion:"I'msorry,b
6、utcanyouexplainthatagain?"IntheUnitedStates:IanTattersalloftheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistoryinNewYork;JohnThorstensen,MaryK.Hudson,andDavidBlanchflowerofDartmouthCollegeinHanover,NewHampshire;Dr.WilliamAbduandDr.BryanMarshofDartmouth-HitchcockMedicalCenterinLe
7、banon,NewHampshire;RayAndersonandBrianWitzkeoftheIowaDepartmentofNaturalResources,Iowacity;MikeVoorhiesoftheUniversityofNebraskaandAshfallFossilBedsStateParknearOrchard,Nebraska;ChuckOffenburgerofBuenaVistaUniversity,StormLake,Iowa;KenRancourt,directorofresear
8、ch,MountWashingtonObservatory,Gorham,NewHampshire;PaulDoss,geologistofYellowstoneNationalPark,andhiswife,Heidi,alsooftheNationalPark;FrankAsaraoftheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley
