If you could send a book back in time for a person to read, what book would it be and who would be the recipient? - eviltoast
  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    8 months ago

    I’d love to send Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity to Newton. Or maybe a whole textbook on modern physics but that would probably not be deep enough for him. But I’d really love to see what he could have done with modern physics.

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      8 months ago

      Some people are just one hit wonders, so it could be für nothing. But it would be worth a try.

      It’s definitively better than to give the idea of nuclear fission to Henry Cavendish in 1766. Right now we live in the sweet spot between discovery and… broad practical application.