Janna Levin
Janna J. Levin is a theoretical cosmologist. She holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology granted in 1993 and a Bachelor of Arts in Astronomy and Physics from Barnard College granted in 1988. Much of her work deals with looking for evidence to support the proposal that our universe might be finite in size due to its having a nontrivial topology (as outlined in this article). Other work includes black holes and chaos. Since January 2004, she has been an assistant professor in astronomy and physics at Barnard College.
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[edit] Books
Levin is the author of the popular science book How the Universe Got Its Spots (2002). In 2006 she published A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, a historical novel featuring Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing as characters. This book won several awards, including the prestigious PEN/Bingham Fellowship Prize for Writers, The MEA Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work, and was a runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Prize.
[edit] Art essays
Levin has written a series of essays to accompany exhibitions at several galleries around in England including the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art and The Hayward Gallery.[1]
[edit] Public appearances
Levin was featured on Talk of the Nation on NPR on July 12, 2002.[2]
She appeared as a guest on Stephen Colbert's Comedy Central show The Colbert Report on August 24, 2006.[3]
She also appeared as the featured guest on the Speaking of Faith radio show on February 22, 2009, where she discussed her book "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" with the show's host Krista Tippett.[4]
Levin presented "The sound the universe makes: Janna Levin on TED.com" on March 1, 2011.[5]
[edit] Personal life
Levin is the parent of two children, a son born in 2004 and a daughter born in 2007. Levin did not officially graduate from high school, as she was in a serious car accident and hospitalized for a time.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.jannalevin.com/art.html
- ^ http://www.jannalevin.com/interviews.html
- ^ http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/73484/august-24-2006/janna-levin
- ^ http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/mathandtruth/index.shtml
- ^ http://blog.ted.com/2011/03/15/the-sound-the-universe-makes-janna-levin-on-ted-com/
- ^ http://www.jannalevin.com/bio.html Q&A from official website
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