Janna Levin
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Janna Levin, a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University, holds a BA in Physics and Astronomy with a concentration in Philosophy from Barnard College of Columbia University, and a PhD in Physics from MIT. Her scientific research mainly centers around the Early Universe, Chaos, and Black Holes.
Dr. Levin's first novel, "How the Universe Got Its Spots: diary of a finite time in a finite space," is a widely popular science book following her personal recollections, as well as scientific studies, in letter format. Her second book, "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" (Knopf, 2006), won the PEN/Bingham Fellowship for writers that "honors an exceptionally talented fiction writ...more
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A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin avg rating 3.54 — 197 ratings — published 2006 2 editions |
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How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space by Janna Levin avg rating 4.07 — 99 ratings — published 2002 4 editions |
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A Mad Man Dreams Of Turing Machines by Janna Levin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings |
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Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008 |
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Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space, Library Edition by Janna Levin, Christine Williams avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2010 |
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A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008 |
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Cómo le salieron las manchas al Universo by Janna Levin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002 |
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Mapping Perception by Janna Levin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002 |
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Longplayer by Jem Finer, Janna Levin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002 |
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upcoming events
No scheduled events.
"Maybe truth is just like that. You can see it, but only out of the corner of your eye.
Adele never demands of him any actual conversation. She seems to understand that she is there to keep time and drown out the alarm of more individuated noises. The clink of a pin drop that can fray his nerves, the grinding of gravel beneath the weight of a man on the street, the spike of a dulled conversation as a couple pass beneath his window over Langegasse, the mounting pitch of the conspiratorial exchange as they approach."
— Janna Levin (A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines)
Adele never demands of him any actual conversation. She seems to understand that she is there to keep time and drown out the alarm of more individuated noises. The clink of a pin drop that can fray his nerves, the grinding of gravel beneath the weight of a man on the street, the spike of a dulled conversation as a couple pass beneath his window over Langegasse, the mounting pitch of the conspiratorial exchange as they approach."
— Janna Levin (A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines)
"I don't believe that math and nature respond to democracy. Just because very clever people have rejected the role of the infinite, their collective opinions, however weighty, won't persuade mother nature to alter her ways. Nature is never wrong."
— Janna Levin (How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space)
— Janna Levin (How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space)
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