How to Survive a Black Hole: Instructions and Other Brilliance from Astrophysicist Janna Levin

How to Survive a Black Hole: Instructions and Other Brilliance from Astrophysicist Janna Levin

You should appreciate the hazards of encountering a black hole unawares. A black hole is invisible in the absence of any tracers, just darkness against darkness. You may well not realize the threat before your fate is secured. You must carry a powerful light source to reveal in backlight the clandestine black hole, an unilluminated disk, an absence in a bright world.

The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Janna Levin on Extra Dimensions, Time Travel, and How to Overcome Boots in the Face (#445)

The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Janna Levin on Extra Dimensions, Time Travel, and How to Overcome Boots in the Face (#445)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Janna Levin (@jannalevin), the Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. Janna has contributed to an understanding of black holes, the cosmology of extra dimensions, and gravitational waves in the shape of spacetime. She is also director of sciences at Pioneer Works, …

Janna Levin on Extra Dimensions, Time Travel, and How to Overcome Boots in the Face (#445)

Janna Levin on Extra Dimensions, Time Travel, and How to Overcome Boots in the Face (#445)

“I used to resent obstacles along the path, thinking, ‘If only that hadn’t happened, life would be so good.’ Then I suddenly realized, life is the obstacles. There is no underlying path.”  — Janna Levin Janna Levin (@jannalevin) is the Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. She has contributed …