A review by waterviolite
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North

5.0

Using the framing narrative that the reader got stranded at some unknown point in history due to a malfunctioning time machine, North gives an entertaining overview of everything in our world - from counting to computers; purifying water to synthesizing hydrochloric acid. This book contains the sort of fundamental knowledge every adult should know, so we can understand how things work, rather than trusting that everything will always work at the press of a button.