The Book. The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding a Civilizationđ
Here are some sections you'll find in the book of incredible inventions and discoveries
Medicine
This section is all about how to be healthy, cheerful, and fresh. Here youâll find out how to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation without getting punched in the nose. Youâll learn how to remove your appendix if you donât need it anymore. Weâll tell you which mushrooms are tasty and which mushrooms are fun (what are mushrooms and what are shrooms). Weâll teach you yoga and Chinese needle therapy. Believe us, all of this knowledge will come in handy in the ruins of the post-apocalyptic world! (not to mention in the modern world, given the cost of medical insurance). Weâll also explain how to make gypsum, glue, penicillin or even all three together from scratch.
Basic Materials
The whole world is a big chemistry lab and the only limit here is your lack of knowledge. If thereâs sand under your feet, you can make glass. If you see trees around you, itâs a step from there to making paper. The magic of our civilization, which is electricity, can also be made from easily accessible materials. There are tons of ways to make it and weâll reveal the most original one.
Mechanisms
Researchers have concluded that human brain development was always influenced by laziness and greed. We want to have as much as possible with minimal effort and thatâs what makes us geniuses. Mills and water pumps will do the work for you. The combustion engine will help you in traveling any distance. Cameras made of boxes and paper with photosensitive surfaces will immortalize your successes.
Military Arts
In all the worlds of the Multiverse in which this book will be published, weâve agreed that killing people isnât cool. We wish these inventions never appeared, but stillâŠ.The trebuchet is pretty darn good. To create saltpeter, which is the main gunpowder component, all it takes is hay and human urine. How long will you have to pee in the pit full of hay? Youâll find this out in The Ultimate Guide. By the way, did you know that the alchemist who discovered gunpowder thought he was creating the elixir of life? Well, if you throw pots full of gunpowder at your enemies, youâll become immortal (for a while).
Hearth and Home
The home of ancient man began from fire, so if you donât want to be dumber than your ancestors you need to learn how to use flint and steel. If all goes smoothly, youâll be able to build a log house, weave a rug, mould houseware out of clay and build a boat. Youâll learn the art of tying knots and using natural dyes. But above all, youâll learn how to construct a unique top-class mousetrap, so rodents wonât have any chance. (Failing to do that, read about cat domestication in the Farming section.)
Farming
Itâs said that wheat domesticated humans rather than the opposite. Agriculture made us who we are today, so in this book youâll find a detailed description of grain types and animal farming principles. Youâll learn to make fishing nets, help to deliver calves, procure salt and honey. But first you should learn to brew the best-ever wheat beer (which will literally be the best beer in the world since youâll be the only brewer after the fall of civilization).
Entertainment
Life is not only about surviving; itâs also about not dying of boredom. There will be fewer fights in your survivor camp if you give people cards and chess. Your children wonât set fire to your house (built thanks to the instructions of the Hearth and Home section) because they will be playing ball or flying a kite. Youâll become a local movie mogul if you make a phenakistiscope, a device that creates the illusion of motion. By the way! Weâll tell you how to make a vibrator.
Musical Instruments
There is nothing similar to the sound of the Australian didg. Itâs literally the voice of spirits. This musical instrument exists in all the worlds of the Multiverse, so make sure to read a manual on how to make it. The same applies to the jaw harp, which can be found in the history of any nation on the earth and beyond. During your interworld journey a sitar and a bell will come in handy too. Tell whomever you meet about the music theory of our world and donât forget to ask about their notation too.
Society
Rituals, traditions, and etiquette are as significant as mechanisms and materials. The most basic and peculiar inventions of human communication were collected in The Ultimate Guide. How do you tie a tie to make a good impression? What is the philosophy behind fashion? What are the rules of setting a table and marking the road? How exactly do you carry out seppuku in the way that will most impress others?
Games
A Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga in his book Homo Ludens proved that games appeared long before culture. People enjoyed games and invented a gillion of different games in the ensuing thousand years. Many games also keep arcane knowledge. For example, card suits depict archetypes of the human psyche, chessmen talk about the social organization and hierarchy. Youâll be able to rule the whole world if you know how the main games of humanity, such as football or Monopoly, work and what rules they have.
Delicatessen
People had not yet invented writing when they discovered that fried meat was much better than raw and that fermented fruit juice dissipated sorrow and made them sleep like a baby. Over time, cooking has become a real art that requires imagination and ingenuity. Asians held raw fish in a pressing machine for weeks to make sushi. Arab nomads occasionally discovered cheese recipe by keeping milk in bags made of sheepâs stomachs. And donât forget to learn the recipe of the main food invention, which is bread. Without bread you wonât be able to make your new world fully civilized.
What makes THE BOOK special?
The intriguing illustrations that combine engineering drawings and medieval art depict the structure of devices and materials in many forms throughout the many worlds of the Multiverse. What does it mean? According to The Ultimate Guide, people find new ideas in the worldâs information realm rather than come up with new ones. This means that development of these ideas isnât connected to anything really. They can appear out of the blue in different worlds of the Multiverse.