The Man Who Knew Infinity - Janna Levin | Science Goes to the Movies

In episode #313 of Science Goes to the Movies, author and cosmologist Janna Levin joins the show to talk about mathematics in movies like “The Man Who Knew Infinity”-about the life and work of famous mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Levin shares what it was that drove her to write her two books, “How the Universe Got its Spots and Black Hole Blues,” about Kip Thorne’s wild ambition to record the sound of two black holes colliding. She explains the spirit of generosity that compels scientific research and how a mathematical proof can transcend argument. Also included: Levin’s assessment of how black holes are depicted in the film, “Interstellar,” given the fact that no one has ever seen one.
Guest: Janna Levin
Taped: 9/22/2016
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[@shivanipatel3019]

I'll watch anything with Janna Levin in it but also jumping in to say this interviewer is great!! She was clearly interested in having a conversation and not just reading a list of questions. Fun 26 minutes for sure

[@calebjemitola5993]

I’m soo happy I got to see this. I love Janna !!!!!!!!

[@djoswald9128]

Awesome

[@sinnombre-wy5fv]

excellent convo! Janna is one of my top 3 favorites scientists :)

[@djoswald9128]

Second wonder of the world Love ❤️ To meet you Janna.

[@user-um4di5qm8p]

@12:27 yup.

[@roberta.6399]

Absolutely fascinating!

[@SureshKumar360]

i really love any piece done by Faith Salie as she does a thorough job on any topic. I do have one complaint about the topic. It’s a misleading title as y’all talked about “Man who infinity” for just “two seconds” !

[@josephbail546]

Thanks For The Everything!

[@raffinee_3763]

They were able to take a photo of Sagittarius A star!!!!!!!

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

they should have used a hashtag to denote black holes , instead of "Star" because it's NOT a star!

[@randygilmour]

What about resolving the black hole in M87 with the world wide radio telescope?

[@elseb80]

Janna Levin is a very sympatic and intelligent Woman :-)

[@The1JTA]

LOL "Physicists are just plumbers" (compared to mathematicians)😏

[@djoswald9128]

if I was a shadow under full moons light? Or a haunt outside the camp fires 🔥 sight? And no one was there as a witness. Did I really exist? I’m the King of Hearts ♥️ DO NOT TREAD ON ME! 🤬 Councilor, you had better be ready to lock horns with AHUM’M’@ Love ❤️ your tenacity! 🤪 🤗 Son’s Of Joseph@

[@motherbrain2000]

intro animation is preposterously long. otherwise Janna Levin=good

[@user-do2eh2il6m]

HOW ARE GALAXIES PRODUCED,IF BLACK HOLES ARE IN THE CENTER OF THEM.

[@onkarvigy]

Einstein's "intuition/imagination/genius" is given too much credit for coming up with Special relativity and General relativity that really do not do justice to others who had worked before him. Same is the case with Ramanujan. Let's take one by one. Einstein first: Speed of light had been sufficiently accurately measured by Foucault and others by the mid 19th century. In 1860s Maxwell had derived equations of electromagnetic radiation that demanded that the speed of light be constant for them to make sense!! In 1886 Michelson Morely experiments implied that space is not a medium at absolute rest(with respect to light)!!! Earnest Mach had discussed the problem of absolute reference. These were the pressing problems of the physics by the time Einstein was studying physics at the university. At his university there was a maths professor named Minkowski who is credited with treating Space and Time on the same footing which Einstein acknowledged in his publication. Einstein himself revered Maxwell's equations as his inspiration behind his principles of invariance/equivalence!! He supposedly went even further by placing Faraday above Maxwell!!! which I interpret as : Maxwell was the quintessential university product whereas Faraday was not formally educated (who normally don't get to lead scientific endeavours) and therefore only he could come up with the concept of field!!!The rest is of course history. Now Ramanujan: Ramanujan was born to a Brahmin family in South Indi that had rich history/tradition that contributed to number theory. Being a Brahmin he had access to those mathematical literature. It's not like a Ramanujan appears in vacuum all of a sudden!!! For that matter nobody drops from heaven!!! If you search you will invariably find a rich tradition/history behind every genius!!!! Even Buddha succeeded a rich philosophical tradition that he could refute/respond to!!!!

[@kend7597]

janna is such a babe

[@djoswald9128]

Glue/ Weak N Strong/ Compression/ Hydrogen/ She is Jewish 🙈😳🤗 Look into the compression {~}:spin. Every direction, Slices 8 9 coordinates 10 laws, 11 Auraicle 40 rings of creation. 4 tailsmen at 10\/ringZ 11th ring proves God creation of it. 🙈🕳+🕳❄️💡

[@djoswald9128]

River? I refuse to admit any more! Looking for SHADOWZZZ? Black Holes do cast them. Point of view. I just knead a push. 🙈🤗 DJ

[@gordonbartlett1921]

See my comment above -- and begone.

[@djoswald9128]

@@gordonbartlett1921 “Well , counselor, you would have to be at least a Linch. To cast me out, good luck 🍀 on that. Samson@ I’m GPSing as I type. ~The King Of Hearts ♥️~ Be seeing yours soon. 🤗

[@djoswald9128]

seven wonders of the world #1 GOD,, I don’t know why he bothered sending his only begotten son to suffer for the sins of humankind..? #2 LOVE No one can control this. No one can truly explain this. It is a power even the angels in heaven would give a great deal to know more about. (In the Holy Spirit) #3 MUSIC. A power able to transcend time and space itself. It can take one forward in the minds eye. You had it always takes one back to the memories of when one first enjoyed it. #4 WATER. An inner Spring of perpetual waters. Without it all life dies. King David knew of evaporation and how it creates rain. and hydraulics in the states of water help us understand expansions of space and time. #5 SPACE & TIME Infinity is a flat chord time, with a half twist in the form of an eight. Space is the line that needs itself in the inner section the pin never leaves the strap one line meets itself. #6 GRAVITY. Strange force. The sun pulls the planets through space spiraling behind it at how many thousands of miles per hour? And the Milky Way is pulled along by a black hole? #7. LIGHT. God spoke to the chaos of darkness. “ let there be LIGHT”. Earth would die without it. It is not a particle, Northern energy, but a wave. Like ice, it does not absorb energy, it releases it. Photons Please tell {“River”} Janna Levin PHD Look back, 🤗. I have never seen her before a week ago. Infinity? See the above, see your past postings. I’m 🤗. Already helping students of yours. This one I saw no wedding ring 💍. Am I free to flirt? 69 0 Point Singularity? {“River”}? Cup of coffee? I have a lot of pictograms. AHUM’M’@ A Humbled ‘M’essenger My observation will be playful. Not competitive. Is she single 🥰? Solomon@

[@gordonbartlett1921]

Your nonsense does not belong on this thread. Take your religious garbage elsewhere.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Do you always think out loud in YT comments?

[@djoswald9128]

@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Yes. All the time. All though seldomly heard. 😉 🎼💕.

[@djoswald9128]

seven wonders of the world #1 GOD,, I don’t know why he bothered sending his only begotten son to suffer for the sins of humankind..? #2 LOVE No one can control this. No one can truly explain this. It is a power even the angels in heaven would give a great deal to know more about. (In the Holy Spirit) #3 MUSIC. A power able to transcend time and space itself. It can take one forward in the minds eye. You had it always takes one back to the memories of when one first enjoyed it. #4 WATER. An inner Spring of perpetual waters. Without it all life dies. King David knew of evaporation and how it creates rain. and hydraulics in the states of water help us understand expansions of space and time. #5 SPACE & TIME Infinity is a flat chord time, with a half twist in the form of an eight. Space is the line that needs itself in the inner section the pin never leaves the strap one line meets itself. #6 GRAVITY. Strange force. The sun pulls the planets through space spiraling behind it at how many thousands of miles per hour? And the Milky Way is pulled along by a black hole? #7. LIGHT. God spoke to the chaos of darkness. “ let there be LIGHT”. Earth would die without it. It is not a particle, Northern energy, but a wave. Like ice, it does not absorb energy, it releases it. Photons Please tell {“River”} Janna Levin PHD Look back, 🤗. I have never seen her before a week ago. Infinity? See the above, see your past postings. I’m 🤗. Already helping students of yours. This one I saw no wedding ring 💍. Am I free to flirt? 69 0 Point Singularity? {“River”}? Cup of coffee? I have a lot of pictograms. AHUM’M’@ A Humbled ‘M’essenger My observation will be playful. Not competitive. Is she single 🥰? Solomon@

[@gordonbartlett1921]

Please, use your Gps to find the nearest mental hospital.

[@djoswald9128]

@@gordonbartlett1921 “Rodger That!” “Counselor.! 🤗🤘” “Tell me...”. Since you know so much...” Piss Off=Space Hole 🕳 You have your head up your As🕳! Prove me wrong! 🤬 Joseph@ Go ahead punk... Make my Day. Son’s Of Joseph@

[@djoswald9128]

@@gordonbartlett1921 if I was a shadow under full moons light? Or a haunt outside the camp fires 🔥 sight? And no one was there as a witness. Did I really exist? I’m the King of Hearts ♥️ DO NOT TREAD ON ME! 🤬 Councilor, you had better be ready to lock horns with AHUM’M’@ Love ❤️ your tenacity! 🤪 🤗 Son’s Of Joseph@

[@gordonbartlett1921]

@@djoswald9128 Forget the GPS -- someone call 911 -- fast.

[@djoswald9128]

@@gordonbartlett1921 😂