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Black Hole Survival Guide
Janna Levin ISBN 147357465X
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Janna Levin ISBN 147357465X
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This book by Janna Levin has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-07-13 and the most recent from 2025-05-05. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
"From the acclaimed author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space--an authoritative, wholly accessible, fascinating guide to the most challenging phenomena of contemporary science, which is now the anchor of our understanding of the cosmos. Throughout her career, astrophysicist Janna Levin has focused, alongside her research, on making the science she studies not just accessible, but, perhaps more important, intriguing to the nonscientist. And that is what she has done again here, helping us to understand the black hole: perhaps the most opaque theoretical construct ever imagined by physicists.
“and black hole survival guide all about black holes. This was a fun and fascinating conversation”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Janna Levin: A theoretical physicist and cosmologist specializing in black holes, extra dimensions, the topology of the universe, and gravitational waves. She is chief science officer of Pioneer Works in Brooklyn and author of books including 'Black Hole Blues' and 'A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.'. Theoretical physicist Janna Levin explains black holes, the information paradox, wormholes, extra dimensions, gravitational waves, and the human stories behind the science.
“Her newest book, Black Hole Survival Guide is scheduled for publication at the end of 2020”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Janna Levin: Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University and director of sciences at Pioneer Works. She studies black holes, extra dimensions, and gravitational waves, and is an award-winning author of books including Black Hole Blues and A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines. Physicist Janna Levin on the finite universe, extra dimensions, time travel, and reframing life's obstacles as the path itself.
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