Whatever else may be wrong with science, it still provides the best explanation we have of the material world. NO USE even thinking of presenting such a book on magnetic or optical media, or indeed any kind of medium that needs a computer and electricity to read it. Words stored in such a form are as evanescent as the chatter of the Internet and would never survive a catastrophe. Not only is the storage medium itself short-lived but its reading depends upon specific hardware and the software. In this technology rapid obsolescence is usual.
Modern media are less reliable for long-term storage than is the spoken word.
It needs the support of a high technology that we cannot take for granted. What we need is a book written on durable paper with long- lasting print. It must be clear, unbiased, accurate and up to date. In the dark ages of our earlier history the religious orders in their monasteries carried through the essence of what makes us civilized. Much of this knowledge was in books and the monks took care of them and read them as part of their discipline.