Southwest Montana Astronomical Society
Amateur Astronomy Under The Big Sky
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Astronomy Lecture
Posted on August 16th, 2015 No commentsSave the date! August 20, 2015. 7:00 p.m. at the Hagar Auditorium.
“From the Big Bang to Black Holes: Time, the Universe, and Everything”
Speaker: Janna LevinProfessor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia UniversityAuthor of “How the Universe Got Its Spots” and “A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines”And a link to Janna’s TEDx talk:Janna Levin: The sound the universe makes | Talk Video | TED.comWe think of space as a silent place. But physicist Janna Levin says the universe has a soundtrack — a sonic composition that records some of the most dramatic events in outer space. (Black holes, for instance, bang on spacetime like a drum.) An accessible and mind-expanding soundwalk through the universe.