Delhi Student's Sharp Eye Corrects Bill Bryson's Bestseller
Published on: Dec. 7, 2025, 5:19 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
Bill Bryson's popular-science book was revised after Delhi student, Kanishk Sharma, identified and corrected a 20-year-old etymological error. Bryson acknowledged Sharma's efforts in the updated edition. The correction shifted the origin of 'asteroids' from Latin to Greek, and Sharma's initiative received praise from his school.
