"'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
--John Keats (1795-1851)
A conversation about truth and beauty with novelists Jonathan Lethem and Janna Levin.
Jonathan Lethem is the author of Motherless Brooklyn and Fortress of Solitude. He is also a prolific essayist, with a vast knowledge of popular music. Before writing fiction, Lethem was trained as an artist.
Janna Levin is a theoretical cosmologist with a PhD in theoretical physics from MIT. Her research predicts a finite universe. She also dabbles in chaos theory, black holes, topology and fractals. In 2006, she published an historical novel, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, featuring Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing as characters.
Steven Colbert interviews Dr. Levin.
Read Jonathan Lethem's brilliant essay, Being James Brown. Click here.
Visit Janna Levin's website here.
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