Pre-Owned The Knowledge : What Survivors of an Apocalypse Need to Rebuild Civilization (Hardcover) 9781594205231

from ASKelmore

This is kind of the perfect book to read following Station Eleven; the goal is to put the basics of everything we need to know to start bringing civilization back after the apocalypse in one place. My husband had already bought this book (thinking we'd both enjoy it), which was kind of perfect, b...

from steve02476

Good writing, and some interesting stuff, but too much introduction and not enough actual book. Not convincing or really coherent.

from jillbone

An interesting thought experiment, but the author assumes the reader has prerequisite knowledge of scientific and technical ideas and jargon that the layman just does not have.

from AJBraithwaite

One of those books which makes me read interesting facts out loud to other people (which I'm sure must be deeply irritating). I generally enjoyed it, although at times I felt it got too bogged down in unnecessary detail. Not sure I needed to know all the advanced chemistry or radio technology. I ...

from psutto

Good Dartnell sets out to outline the knowledge required to rebuild out modern society after an apocalypse. Full of interesting information it kind of fails at its stated aim, in my opinion, because it assumes that the apocalypse is a "nice" one (i.e. doesn't destroy the infrastructure too much) ...