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I like the idea of this, but I'm not sure that "cheat sheet" is the best term for it, given that it weighs in at quite a few pages (191 physical).
by trilinearnz 7y ago
I like the idea of this, but I'm not sure that "cheat sheet" is the best term for it, given that it weighs in at quite a few pages (191 physical).
- _emacsomancer_ 7y ago"cheat ream" ?
- dominicwllmsn 7y agoYes, cheat tome.
- derefr 7y agoI believe that this sort of collection of tables is commonly called an “almanac”—but maybe only when the subject is of practical use.
- Sharlin 7y agoThe sort of ~100 page softcover reference book that we were permitted to use in highschool math, physics, and chemistry exams is called around here, literally translated, a book of tables. The term is probably a remnant from a time before pocket calculators when it contained actual trig and log tables. "Book of formulas" would probably be a more apt name nowadays. Not sure if there's a common word for such a thing in English.
- mcnamaratw 7y agoThis kind of thing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abramowitz_and_Stegun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abramowitz_and_Stegun I'm not sure there's really an English word for it. That's strange.
- Sharlin 7y agoI guess, but a very abridged version. It contains highschool-level things like trig identities, integration rules, fundamental physics and chemistry equations, values for various constants, and so on. It’s published by the national association of science teachers. The idea is making exams more about how knowledge is applied than rote memorization.
- cosinetau 7y agoNormally, I've heard others reference books like A&S as a "handbook." It's even in the formal title.
- mcnamaratw 7y agoRight. Only "handbook" is so broad. It could be about any subject.
- iandioch 7y agoIn Ireland, we literally called our reference book for exams "the log tables", despite there not having been any table of logs in any edition of it for quite a long time.