Premise of the book is simple. You, a time traveler, travels back in time but unfortunately your time machine breaks down in the journey. Now you don't know where you are and 'when' you are. Your last hope is this book which promises to empower you to not only survive but also thrive in this hopeless situation. Solution? Invent an entire civilization from ground up and all the technologies along with it.

As a Civilization and Age of empire fan, I was naturally enticed and intrigued by its premise. Always wanted to learn which all different ages human civilizations went through; how and when did techonlogical advancement happen and oh boy! What a treat it was to read! Simply the best book I read in 2019. It teaches you how to conquer a simple fire to electricity, harness salt to nuclear energy, build simple t-shirt buttons to computers, from measuring temperatures to deriving longitudes and latitudes by simply looking at the sun. If you are interested in how everything you see around you was invented and how can everything be reinvented, this book is for you. If you want to learn that in "non boring, laughing all the way" way, this book is for you. Filled with fun facts-stories and witty (and sometimes downright stupid!) humorous quid bits, this book is sure to leave you wanting for more and at the very least ignites curiosity and interest towards our seemingly stale world.

Earns so many points from me just on the fact that the audiobook narration actually describes the diagrams and illustrations, hah. But even aside from that delightful (and unfortunately rare) discovery — I enjoyed this a lot! Fascinating info that was mostly accurate on the few fronts that my own knowledge background could verify, and a fun direction from which to approach it. One or two of the running jokes were a bit overdone and tiresome after sufficient repetition, but for the most part this was a joy to read.