Schoolboy's Sharp Eye Corrects Bestselling Author's Decades-Old Error

Bill Bryson acknowledges a Delhi student, Kanishk Sharma, in his updated book for spotting a 20-year-old etymological error. Sharma noticed the mistake, contacted the publisher, and got his name in the acknowledgments. School principal praises Sharma's literary contributions during a time of digital distraction.

Acclaimed author Bill Bryson has expressed his gratitude towards a perceptive Delhi schoolboy who identified an overlooked error in Bryson's popular book, 'A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0'.

Kanishk Sharma, a class 11 student at Air Force Bal Bharati School, detected the etymological mistake concerning the origin of the word 'asteroids', which had gone unnoticed since the book's initial publication in 2003.

After Sharma's alert to the publishers, the word's origin was corrected, and his contribution received formal recognition, including a mention in the book's acknowledgments and commendation from his school principal, highlighting Sharma's dedication amid modern digital distractions.

(With inputs from agencies.)