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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6230992" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Heh. 100 years ago is 1913. Einstein published Special Relativity a few years ago, and he's still working on General Relativity (which he publishes in 1915). If I'm really good, I might be able to reconstruct it from memory, and scoop him! I could certainly beat Chandrasekhar to the basic theory of Black Holes (1931). Quantum mechanics comes to the fore in the 1920s - I could probably manage to get myself into the Solvay Conference of 1927, and become one of the fathers of modern science!</p><p></p><p>I could probably step into any University in an English speaking nation and start teaching math or physics. I'd be set. </p><p></p><p>My wife would probably be able to set herself up as the mother of antibiotics - penicillin comes along in the 1920s and 1930s...</p><p></p><p>1000 years ago... If I stayed in North America, well, I'm now stuck in with a stone age culture. My "modern" skills won't mean much at all, 'cause there's so little to work with. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This, honestly, I don't have an answer to. The problem is that I cannot imagine how long it would take to come up with technologies I cannot actually imagine right now. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Someone from the USA in 1913 wouldn't have too much trouble. They know cars and electricity exist. The first commercial news radio broadcast is only seven years later.</p><p></p><p>From 1813 - Steam power is just debuting in Europe. </p><p></p><p>From 1513 - Well, if we take someone from Britain, we still speak something they'd basically recognize as English. Communication and learning wouldn't be too hard...</p><p></p><p>But really, it depends on what culture you're talking about. There are folks today who live stone-age lifestyles still in South America. If I pull such a person to New York City now, how hard would it be for them to adapt?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6230992, member: 177"] Heh. 100 years ago is 1913. Einstein published Special Relativity a few years ago, and he's still working on General Relativity (which he publishes in 1915). If I'm really good, I might be able to reconstruct it from memory, and scoop him! I could certainly beat Chandrasekhar to the basic theory of Black Holes (1931). Quantum mechanics comes to the fore in the 1920s - I could probably manage to get myself into the Solvay Conference of 1927, and become one of the fathers of modern science! I could probably step into any University in an English speaking nation and start teaching math or physics. I'd be set. My wife would probably be able to set herself up as the mother of antibiotics - penicillin comes along in the 1920s and 1930s... 1000 years ago... If I stayed in North America, well, I'm now stuck in with a stone age culture. My "modern" skills won't mean much at all, 'cause there's so little to work with. This, honestly, I don't have an answer to. The problem is that I cannot imagine how long it would take to come up with technologies I cannot actually imagine right now. Someone from the USA in 1913 wouldn't have too much trouble. They know cars and electricity exist. The first commercial news radio broadcast is only seven years later. From 1813 - Steam power is just debuting in Europe. From 1513 - Well, if we take someone from Britain, we still speak something they'd basically recognize as English. Communication and learning wouldn't be too hard... But really, it depends on what culture you're talking about. There are folks today who live stone-age lifestyles still in South America. If I pull such a person to New York City now, how hard would it be for them to adapt? [/QUOTE]
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