Melody and Number, Shapes and Rhythms

We’ll just play this one out until it explodes
Into a thousand tiny pieces
What’s your story universe
You are melody, you are numbers
You are shapes, and you are rhythms

A young astrophysicist finds parallels in her research and personal life. Janna Levin is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. Her scientific research concerns the early universe, chaos, and black holes. Her second book -- a novel, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines won the PEN/Bingham Fellowship for Writers and was runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway.