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Bill Bryson is an American-British author and humorist.
* He was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951.
* He moved to the United Kingdom in 1977 and became a naturalized British citizen in 2003.
* He is the author of more than 25 books, including A Short History of Nearly Everything, A Walk in the Woods, and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.
* His books have been translated into more than 40 languages and have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
* He has won numerous awards for his writing, including the Aventis Prize for Science Books and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
* He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Geographical Society.
* He is married to Cynthia and they have four children.
* He is a popular public speaker and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs.

There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.

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As my father always used to tell me, 'You see, son, there's always someone in the world worse off than you.' And I always used to think, 'So?

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It is a slightly arresting notion that if you were to pick yourself apart with tweezers, one atom at a time, you would produce a mound of fine atomic dust, none of which had ever been alive but all of which had once been you.

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