Randall akaberekerwa muQueens, New York City, New York. Iye ari alumna weHampshire College Summer Studies muMathematics; uye akapedza kudzidza kubva kuStuyvesant High School muna 1980, kwaaive mukirasi yemumwe mufizikisi uye sainzi popularizer Brian Greene. Akakunda nzvimbo yekutanga mu1980 Westinghouse Science Talent Search pazera remakore gumi nemasere; uye paHarvard University, Randall akawana BA mufizikisi (1983) uye PhD mu theoretical particle physics (1987) pasi paHoward Georgi. Mubvunzo: MuGuta ripi Randall akaberekerwa?
Guta reNew York