A Short History of Nearly Everything

Absolutely enjoyed reading this book. I had reservations before reading it since it came out 20 years ago, I'm afraid that the information would be outdated. But turns out, it's enough to cover the history of science (albeit a more condensed one). One thing that sparks my wonder is the book demystifying all the historical figures in science for me. In the end, they were all humans, wonderfully intelligent, but still flawed, even in their own field. They have dreams, desires, bad tempers and all the attributes of humanity. Reading the book makes me humble in the truest sense. I'm a singular organism on this pale blue dot, crafted after billions of years, to end up where I am now. I'm small in the scale of the universe, but also amazed at the complexity that makes me, and all the people I know and would never know, all the plants, animals, bacteria, cells, mountains, rocks, and all that exist. Stuffs that just exist. And life that just want to be.