The Science Asylum

Could Flatland Be CURVED?! (2020x7)

Air date: Apr 13, 2020

Measuring the curvature of a space takes parallel transport and the Riemann curvature tensor (General Relativity). Let's explore this using Flatland and Lineland, an old tool involving lower-dimensional spaces. Brilliant for 20% off: http://brilliant.org/ScienceAsylum