Black Hole Survival Guide | Janna Levin and Christian Wolf
Professor Janna Levin and Associate Professor Christian Wolf take us on a journey through the mysteries of black holes. Professor Levin will reveal the ways in which black holes have changed our most basic understanding of the galaxy, the universe and reality itself. Associate Professor Christian will discuss his contribution to the discovery of the fastest-growing black hole ever recorded.
This is an Auslan interpreted event.
Speakers
Professor Janna Levin is the Claire Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Columbia University. She is also the Founding Director of the Sciences at Pioneer Works, a cultural centre in New York City. As a Guggenheim Fellow, Levin has contributed to an understanding of black holes, the cosmology of extra dimensions, and the evolution of the universe. Her most recent book is Black Hole Survival Guide.
Associate Professor Christian Wolf of the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics was the leading author discovering the fastest-growing black hole ever recorded, first detected at ANU Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran in NSW. Wolf holds a PhD from the Max Planck Institute of Astronomy, Germany and was previously an Advanced Fellow, Astronomer, at Oxford University, UK.
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