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Mastering the Math of Time Travel

Like Duolingo, but for Mastering the Math of Time Travel. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

88 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Toby the Time-Turt
Mastering the Math of Time Travel
with Toby the Time-Turt
88
Levels
5
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in Mastering the Math of Time Travel

  • Historical dates must be converted to a consistent decimal year format
  • The month and day must be expressed as a fraction of the total year
  • Different cultures and systems use different 'Year Zero' anchors
  • Calculating a jump requires normalizing all dates to a single reference point
  • How to convert a specific historical date into a machine-readable numerical value
  • Identifying why 'zero' changes across different calendar systems
  • Subtraction is the primary tool for finding temporal distance
  • Conversion must happen before subtraction
  • Small decimal errors in time math translate to weeks or months of drift
  • Precision must be maintained until the final calculation is complete
  • The correct sequence for calculating the mathematical gap between two points in time
  • Mental estimation is a vital safety check for machine errors
  • Negative values represent jumps into the past
  • The 1752 calendar reform removed days from the timeline
  • The transition from BC to AD skips the number zero
  • Calendar changes and gaps
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives Mastering the Math of Time Travel the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

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A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

Setting Your Temporal Anchor

When preparing for a jump to the year 1215, how should you format the date for the navigation computer?

Get it right to open this lesson and 87 more in the app.

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Where Mastering the Math of Time Travel takes you

Ever wondered how to calculate a jump to the Jurassic or fix a paradox? Learn the math needed to navigate the fourth dimension and keep your timeline intact.

  1. 1

    Your First Jump: Getting the Timing Right

    • Calculating Your Arrival Date
    • Measuring Time in Seconds vs. Centuries
    • How to Read a 4D Map
    • The Math of Staying in the Past
  2. 2

    Avoiding Disasters and Paradoxes

    • The Grandfather Paradox: Counting Branches
    • Probability of Changing the Future
    • Spotting Loops in Your Timeline
    • Calculating Safe Distance from Your Past Self
    • The Math of Parallel Universes
    • Fixing a Broken History String
  3. 3

    Navigating the Moving Universe

    • Why the Earth Isn't Where You Left It
    • Calculating Planetary Drift
    • The Math of Landing on Solid Ground
  4. 4

    Speed, Gravity, and Aging

    • Why Fast Travelers Age Slower
    • The Math of Gravity Wells
    • Calculating Your Personal Clock Offset
    • How to Sync Watches Across Eras
    • Predicting Time Dilation Effects
  5. 5

    The Science Under the Hood

    • Understanding the Speed of Light Limit
    • The Geometry of Spacetime
    • How Wormholes Fold the Map
    • The Math of Infinite Energy Requirements

5 sections · 22 units · 88 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

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