Delhi Student's Sharp Eye Corrects Bill Bryson's Bestseller

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.

A Delhi schoolboy has caught the attention of bestselling author Bill Bryson by identifying an error in his famous book, 'A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0'.

Kanishk Sharma, an eleventh-grade student, discovered an etymological mistake regarding the origin of the word 'asteroids', which had gone unnoticed for over twenty years.

Upon notifying the publisher, Sharma's correction was incorporated into the latest edition, earning him a mention in Bryson's acknowledgements and commendation from his school principal.