Bill Bryson takes readers on a very funny and educational trip through the history of modern science from its unexpected successes to its great failures and everything in between.

比尔·布赖森带领读者进行了一场有趣而有教育意义的旅行，贯穿现代科学史，从意外的成功到巨大的失败，以及其间的一切。

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Dinner table discussions in the Gates family home were always lively and educational. "It was a rich environment in which to learn," Bill remembered.

在比尔家中的餐桌上讨论总是既生动又富有教育意义。“那是个内容丰富的学习环境，”比尔回忆道。

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Teasley said he last ran into Booker at an education conference a few years ago, when the mayor was trying to raise funds from the educational charities of Bill and Melinda Gates, Eli Broad and the Walton family of Wal-Mart fame.

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Whether they are active duty, Guard or Reserve, they are entitled, as well, to expect the best pay and benefits our country can afford, including a modern GI Bill with educational assistance that will help us recruit and keep our nation's finest in uniform.

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According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 7.8 million of 16 million troops who served in WWII received educational or vocational training from the GI Bill.

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