Janna Levin is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist specializing in black holes, cosmology of extra dimensions, topology of the universe, and gravitational waves.
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0:00 – Episode highlight
2:03 – Introduction
3:03 – Black holes
10:37 – Formation of black holes
21:28 – Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb
27:50 – Inside the black hole
40:53 – Supermassive black holes
44:22 – Physics of spacetime
47:25 – General relativity
52:56 – Gravity
1:09:29 – Information paradox
1:17:59 – Fuzzballs & soft hair
1:21:10 – ER = EPR
1:27:49 – Firewall
1:36:41 – Extra dimensions
1:39:06 – Aliens
1:54:42 – Wormholes
2:05:40 – Dark matter and dark energy
2:15:43 – Gravitational waves
2:27:51 – Alan Turing and Kurt Godel
2:40:05 – Grigori Perelman, Andrew Wiles, and Terence Tao
2:46:40 – Art and science
2:56:19 – The biggest mystery
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