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Re:Mathematics all-in-one cheat-sheet (2013) [pdf] by asdfman123 on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:41AM (#20051639)
Well, I find it extremely useful.

This is my new go-to item when someone asks me, "What would you bring with you if you could go back in time to the year 1600?"

Re:Mathematics all-in-one cheat-sheet (2013) [pdf] by lr4444lr on Thursday May 30, 2019 @11:05AM (#20051951)
I thought I was the only one who pondered that! I think we'd have even more fun times in 1st century CE Alexandria.
Re:Mathematics all-in-one cheat-sheet (2013) [pdf] by CamperBob2 on Thursday May 30, 2019 @09:17PM (#20057512)
They'd burn you at the stake.
Re:Mathematics all-in-one cheat-sheet (2013) [pdf] by mLuby on Thursday May 30, 2019 @02:06PM (#20054174)
This comment got me thinking: if that were to happen unexpectedly, how would you

1) determine when and where you were, and

2) convince the locals who probably don't speak your language or look like you not to kill or imprison you?

Re:Mathematics all-in-one cheat-sheet (2013) [pdf] by catominor on Thursday May 30, 2019 @04:38PM (#20055661)
3) Live for more than a few days, with bacterial fauna of that time being so different, your immune system, completely unpolished for those type of bugs, would probably hold out for only a very short time.
Re:Mathematics all-in-one cheat-sheet (2013) [pdf] by YUMad on Thursday May 30, 2019 @05:56PM (#20056312)
Your immune system carries memories of those days.
Re:Mathematics all-in-one cheat-sheet (2013) [pdf] by sumnole on Thursday May 30, 2019 @06:09PM (#20056422)
With antibiotics prevalent that memory may be fuzzy
Re:Mathematics all-in-one cheat-sheet (2013) [pdf] by copperx on Friday May 31, 2019 @02:18AM (#20058632)
Wouldn't a book on microbiology be much more useful to humanity?