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Janna Levin
Janna Levin is an American theoretical cosmologist and an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College. She earned a PhD in theoretical physics at the Massachus…
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Janna Levin is an American theoretical cosmologist and an associate professor of physics and 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.
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2025
Ironheart
TV show Thanks
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2022
A Trip to Infinity
Movie Self
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2020
Einstein and Hawking: Unlocking the Universe
TV show Self - Professor of Physics and Astronomy
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2019
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
Movie Self - Narrator (archive sound)
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2018
Black Hole Apocalypse
Movie Self - Presenter
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2015
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
Movie Self
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2012
Dara O Briain's Science Club
TV show Herself
