num_pages: 437
description: What would you do if a time machine hurled you thousands of years into the past. . . and then broke? How would you survive? Could you improve on humanity's original timeline? And how hard would it be to domesticate a giant wombat? With this book as your guide you'll survive--and thrive--in any period in Earth's history. Bestselling author and time-travel enthusiast Ryan North shows you how to invent all the modern conveniences we take for granted--from first principles. This illustrated manual contains all the science engineering art philosophy facts and figures required for even the most clueless time traveler to build a civilization from the ground up. Deeply researched irreverent and significantly more fun than being eaten by a saber-toothed tiger How to Invent Everything will make you smarter more competent and completely prepared to become the most important and influential person ever.
language: English
title: How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
publisher: Riverhead Books