How to Invent Everything
A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
by Ryan North
Recommended by Barry Ritholtz and Rhett Allain
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Time Travel, Science, and History.
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 surviveand thrivein any period in Earth's history. Bestselling author and time...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Time Travel, Science, and History.
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Barry Ritholtz
“Really fun book the manages to jam a lot of knowledge into a very digestible format | Seriously, the book is fun and interesting.”
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