The Buried Truth: Uncovering Parallel Transport Within the Riemann Tensor

Curved grid surface with arrows marking loop segments A, B, C, and D

A famous 17th century defender of the newly emergent Scientific Revolution, Francis Bacon in his 1620 book Novum Organum also warned about the four main ways that we can obstruct truth. One of these obstructions is called the "Idols of the Marketplace," which is how our imprecise and deceptive use of language may blind us. … Continue reading The Buried Truth: Uncovering Parallel Transport Within the Riemann Tensor