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Janna Levin

1967-01-01 (57 years old) in

Janna Levin is an American theoretical cosmologist and an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College. She earned a PhD in theoretical physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993, and a Bachelor of Science in astronomy and physics with a concentration in philosophy at Barnard College in 1988, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. 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. Other work includes black holes and chaos theory. She joined the faculty at Barnard College in January 2004 and is currently the recipient Tow Professor grant.

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A Trip to Infinity
72 %|Sep 26, 2022
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Black Hole Apocalypse
73 %|Jan 10, 2018
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NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
78 %|Apr 15, 2015
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Dara O Briain's Science Club
83 %|Nov 6, 2012
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