The instructor of a laboratory/field practicum in time travel presents project ideas.
2. Queueing theory for assassination tourism: If a dozen time travelers show up to assassinate Hitler in the chaos after the Beer Hall Putsch, who gets precedence?

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  1. “Unsolved Logistical Problems in Time Travel: Spring Semester” by Marissa Lingen, in Nature, 21 November 2013.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Marissa Lingen