Brad Heintz on Nostr: nprofile1q…ze5g0 I started my physics undergrad work in the late 80s, so I can ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqky223zcc4q69d8t0me4vg5uw8mw0yxeukjgvz6h92laqnenr0ajsgze5g0 (nprofile…e5g0) I started my physics undergrad work in the late 80s, so I can relate. Today, I'm a grad student in mathematics, with Mathematica (instead of an 800-page hardcover table of integrals) and a LaTeX editor (instead of my risible handwriting) and all the math resources of the Internet (instead of an on-campus science and engineering library where the one book I need has been checked out), and I find myself wondering...

How the hell did we get ANYTHING done back then?