Janna Levin: How to Survive A Black Hole Encounter! (#093)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Physics, Natural Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 14 November 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Janna is back to discuss her wonderful new book, BLACK HOLE SURVIVAL GUIDE https://amzn.to/2IlbpKS Keep your distance and enjoy the ride! Please subscribe https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 & watch my previous conversation with Janna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEtGYQ7A0B4?sub_confirmation=1 Leave a comment in the comment section or join the livechat…we all want to engage with Janna! Several Topics are on the menu on our voyage, including: 1. Black Hole basics 2. Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose 3. Are singularities real? 4. What is your favorite BH? 5. Black Hole Batteries! Janna Levin is the Claire Tow Professor of Physics & 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. She is also the Chair and Director of Sciences, Pioneer Works! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic.
0:04.4	Five, four, three, two, one. on. and how are you today. Congratulations on another phenomenal book launch
0:25.6	of this wonderful book, Black Hole Survival Guide.
0:28.3	Congratulations, Janet.
0:30.5	Thank you so much.
0:31.5	It's always exciting when the book comes out. It's hard to believe it's finished. Thank you always
0:35.0	always feel like you're never gonna finish a book right it's just this and then then all of a sudden it's done
0:43.0	the build up the letdown, and then, hmm,
0:45.2	should we start writing another book?
0:46.8	When should I start writing another book?
0:50.0	Well, congratulations.
0:51.2	We've got a bunch of people watching live on YouTube currently.
0:55.0	And my name is Brian Keating, host of the Into the Impossible Podcast.
0:59.0	And it's not too often you get to hear me gushing like a white hole when I get a guest of the
1:05.7	caliber of today's Jan 11.
1:07.8	And not only once are we going to be blessed to have Jana on the Into the Impossible podcast, but twice
1:12.4	in a day because Jana has
1:14.2	graciously agreed to come back on tonight for the great debate live stream
1:18.7	second millennium. Jana thank you so much. are you today are you in new york city
1:24.8	i'm in new york city and as you can see i'm being my own tech person as i make
1:28.4	slight adjustments
1:30.1	it's a glamorous the life of an author. Like I have to learn to be a tech person.
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