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235 - Janna Levin: How to Survive a Black Hole

235 - Janna Levin: How to Survive a Black Hole

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Janna Levin is the Claire Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy
at Barnard College of Columbia University. She is also the Chair
and Founding Director of the Science Studios at Pioneer Works. In
this episode, Robinson and Janna talk all about black holes and
how to survive them. More particularly, they discuss how black
holes were discovered both theoretically and empirically, common
misconceptions about black holes, their role in theories of
quantum gravity, and how they do and will contribute to both the
life and death of the universe. If you’d like to learn more about
black holes, read Janna’s latest book, Black Hole Survival Guide
(Anchor, 2022). Janna’s Website: https://jannalevin.com Black
Hole Survival Guide: https://a.co/d/biGGqZc Pioneer Works:
https://pioneerworks.org OUTLINE 00:00 Introduction 06:10 The
Original Theory of Black Holes 14:45 Is There Gravity in Space?
20:40 Just What IS a Black Hole? 38:47 Why Physicists Resisted
the Possibility of Black Holes 50:44 What’s at the Center of a
Black Hole? 55:34 What Happens When Something Falls into a Black
Hole? 1:03:23 Is Leonard Susskind a Genius Physicist? 1:12:07
What Is the Fine-Tuning Problem? 1:17:52 How Close Can You Get to
a Black Hole and Still Survive? 1:25:10 Why Are Black Holes
Perfect Objects? 1:32:12 How Do Black Holes Form? 1:41:31 What
Will Happen to the Sun When It Dies? 1:50:38 Black Holes, Dark
Energy, and the Fate of the Universe 1:54:45 The Heat Death of
the Universe 1:59:18 Pioneer Works Robinson’s Website:
http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic
logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University.