02085cam a2200313 i 4500 365187979 TxAuBib 20190108120000.0 180402s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018003730 9780735220140 27.00 073522014X 27.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda North, Ryan, 1980- How to invent everything [BOOK] : a survival guide for the stranded time traveler / Ryan North. New York : Riverhead Books, 2018. 437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-418) and index. 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. You're about to make history. . . better. Provided by publisher. 20190108. Space and time Popular works. Inventions History. Technological innovations History. Time travel Popular works. Discoveries in science History.