Janna Levin Quotes

Janna Levin

American Scientist

Born: 1967

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Related authors: Ben Carson Carl Sagan E. O. Wilson George Washington Carver Isaac Asimov Margaret Mead Neil deGrasse Tyson W. Edwards Deming

We have never observed infinity in nature. Whenever you have infinities in a theory, that's where the theory fails as a description of nature. And if space was born in the Big Bang, yet is infinite now, we are forced to believe that it's instantaneously, infinitely big. It seems absurd. Janna Levin

Nature You Space Big Believe Born Seems Never Instantaneously Observed Absurd Fails Forced Big Bang Bang Infinite Infinitely Infinity Whenever Where Theory Description Now

Black holes can bang against space-time as mallets on a drum and have a very characteristic song. Janna Levin

Song Black Characteristic Black Holes Drum Very Bang Holes Against

Ambiguity is very interesting in writing; it's not very interesting in science. Janna Levin

Science Writing Ambiguity Very Interesting

I think there's a certain lyricism in the telling of a scientific story. Janna Levin

Think Telling Scientific Story Certain

The Earth isn't an infinite sheet that carries on for ever, but it doesn't have an edge, either. It's compact and connected. Janna Levin

Edge Earth Carries Sheet Infinite Either Compact Connected Ever

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