
From the Big Bang to Black Holes: Time, the Universe, and Everything
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Astrophysicist and writer Janna Levin offers an epic tour through time from the beginning of the universe in a big bang, through black holes, past the emergence of life on at least one little planet spinning in a conceivably infinite cosmic ocean, to the possible end of time.
- 2014 Festival
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