![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 'If you make a mistake with the body all kinds of people are going to know you have made a whopping mistake,' he said. He said that writing this book was harder because more people will be able to spot if he makes a mistake. He had similar sentiments toward his latest, and last, book - The Body: A Guide for Occupants. However he added that 'any trained scientist could have picked it to pieces' if they looked at specific areas where he 'didn't quite grasp the bigger picture'. He said the research for the book, a guide to science written in accessible language, opened doors for him and was the book that made him the most 'financially secure'.īryson was tiring of writing funny travel books at the time and he said that writing about science allowed him to get out of a rut. He wrote his first book, The Palace under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries, in 1985.īut the famed writer, who was awarded an OBE in 2006, holds A Short History of Nearly Everything, published in 2003, as his most treasured book. Bryson began his writing career in the late 1970s as a journalist on the Bournemouth Evening Echo and eventually became chief copy editor of the business section of The Times and deputy national news editor of the business section of The Independent. ![]()
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