Janna Levin

Janna Levin

Fellow: Awarded 2012
Field of Study: Science Writing

Competition: US & Canada

Barnard Callege

Janna Levin is a theoretical physicist and a writer. She has contributed to an understanding of astrophysical black holes, the cosmology of extra dimensions, and gravitational waves in the shape of spacetime.

Levin integrates scientific themes in both fiction and nonfiction. Her second book—a novel, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines (Knopf, 2006)—won the PEN/Bingham Fellowship for Writers that "honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work . . . represents distinguished literary achievement." It was also a runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway award for "a distinguished book of first fiction." She is the author of the popular-science book How the Universe Got Its Spots.

Follow this link to view "The Sound of the Universe," a talk with Janna Levin on Ted.com

Follow this link to view "Listening to Black Holes," on YouTube.

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