Description: Have you ever imagined visiting the past with fullknowledge of modem information and technology? lfyou told people from the Middle Ages or Ancient Egyptabout a telephone, a car, or electricity, they would takeyou for a deity or a superhero. But do you actually knowhow these things work?As a child, before bed, l used to imagine with my dadwhat things like bowstrings would be made of in ancienttimes. In the morning, looking it up, we would be startledto discover that bowstrings were made of veins and ifyou wanted instead to make one from gunpowderingredients you had to urinate on hay! As l got older, l got into mechanics and discovered thatmany apparently simple things are based on brilliantideas. All the discoveries and inventions that seemedincredible and almost magical when I was a child actuallywere just as fantastical as limagined! I realized that most people knew very little about howsuch inventions of our civilization as a plow, a mill, a blastfurnace or glass are made and how they work.l beganmaking a list of the most amazing inventions l would liketo tell my children about.Laterladded illustrations.which became more and more bizarre and mysterious.After some time, l finished a draft of The Book ofIncredible Inventions and Discoveries. Now I want to share this book with everyone who hasntlost their juvenile curiosity and love for mystery. lf you areas fascinated by technical, military, medical and artisticinventions as l am, you definitely will love The UltimateGuide to Rebuilding Civilization. This book is anillustrated encyclopedia of mechanisms, processes andmaterials that have played a significant role in humanhistory. Vsevolod Co-founder of The Book
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Book Title: The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding a Civilization Hard
Language: English