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Janna Levin

Janna Levin
Janna Levin is a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College. She is also director of sciences at Pioneer Works, a center for arts and sciences in Brooklyn. Her previous books include Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space, How the Universe Got Its Spots, and a novel, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, which won the PEN/Bingham Prize. She was recently named a Guggenheim Fellow. She lives in New York.


Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About a Black Hole But Were Afraid to Ask

Janna Levin: "The black hole is a not a thing. It is nothing."
November 10, 2020  By Janna Levin
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