A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic alive
History is the most dangerous place on earth. From dinosaurs the size of locomotives to meteors big enough to sterilize the planet, from famines to pandemics, from tornadoes to the Chicxulub asteroid, the odds of human survival are slim but not zero—at least, not if you know where to go and what to do.
In each chapter of How to Survive History, Cody Cassidy explores how to survive one of history’s greatest threats: getting eaten by dinosaurs, being destroyed by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, succumbing to the lava flows of Pompeii, being devoured by the Donner Party, drowning during the sinking of the Titanic, falling prey to the Black Death, and more. Using hindsight and modern science to estimate everything from how fast you’d need to run to outpace a T. rex to the advantages of different body types in surviving the Donner Party tragedy, Cassidy gives you a detailed battle plan for survival, helping you learn about the era at the same time.
History may be the most dangerous place on earth, but that doesn’t mean you can’t visit. You can, and you should. And with a copy of How to Survive History in your back pocket, you just might make it out alive.
你有自信能在歷史上的大危機中存活嗎?
如果你擁有這本書,就一定辦得到!
榮獲博客來外文選書,
一堂完美結合歷史與科學的大師課!
Amazon、Goodread網站直逼★★★★★極致好評!
歡迎展開超時空歷史之旅:
從七千萬年前的恐龍時代,到兩萬兩千年前的冰河時期;從建造古夫金字塔時的埃及,到羅馬時代的古城龐貝;從人類首次穿越兩大洋的環球航海,到轟動全球的鐵達尼號世紀首航……每段行程都為你精心策劃、深度導覽,但在出發之前要先做個安全宣導,因為――
你可能真的那麼衰!在恐龍時代碰到暴龍追著你跑;你可能真的那麼巧!在享受羅馬假期時遇到維蘇威火山大噴發;你可能真的那麼勇!被法老王相中抓去搬石頭、蓋墳墓;你也許真的那麼「幸運」!在歐洲染上黑死病、搭鐵達尼號撞上冰山……
但不必擔心,只要帶上這本書,不管是恐龍的追殺還是隕石的撞擊,不管是火山突然爆發還是疫情張狂肆虐,就算生存的機率再小,你都能在驚心動魄的當下,知道要去哪裡、該做什麼,順利躲過一劫。
「歷史」可能是地球上最危險的地方,但你還是可以見證它、了解它,甚至攻略它!只要熟讀這套攻克15大災難的史上最強生存策略,你就能快樂出門、平安回家,成為一個「活下來」的時空旅人!
【時空旅人安全須知】
▍當暴龍注意到你:
暴龍令人望之生畏的龐大身軀,反而是你脫逃的助力。你最大的優勢就是體形,這讓你跑得比牠快,只要適時改變跑動方向、加減速度,一定能甩掉牠。
▍當隕石砸向地球:
聽到音爆時(別擔心,無論你在哪裡一定都聽得到),立刻找尋位在高處的地下掩體,且刻不容緩,除非你在隕石撞擊的當下,剛好幸運地在世界的另一端。
▍當猛獁象朝你衝來:
想在冰河時期飽餐一頓,就要學會獵捕猛獁象。但務必群體行動,當牠迎面衝來時,請保持鎮定、固守陣地、繼續擲矛,並祈禱牠的衝鋒只是假動作。
▍當法老王逼你蓋金字塔:
就算是八十噸重的巨石,只要正確用力就能安全拉繩。就像拔河一樣,保持雙臂伸直,向後傾斜,用雙腿來「推動」,如此就能減輕背部和膝蓋的退化性損傷。
▍當你搭上快沉沒的鐵達尼號:
如果你跟多數乘客一樣住三等艙,千萬不要去後尾甲板。請設法向上移動,因為有兩條未公開的疏散路線可走,只要到達頂層,就會發現兩側都有救生艇準備下水。
【這本書將救你一命!一本真正的「實用」歷史!】
——中文簡介摘自平安文化出版《如何在歷史中存活》