I whanau a Randall i Queens, New York City, New York. He alumna ia o Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics; a i puta ia i te Kura Tuarua o Stuyvesant i te tau 1980, i reira ia he hoa akomanga o te hoa kairangahau me te kairangahau pūtaiao a Brian Greene. I toa ia i te waahi tuatahi i te 1980 Westinghouse Science Talent Search i te 18 o ona tau; a i te Whare Wananga o Harvard, i whiwhi a Randall i te BA i te ahupūngao (1983) me te PhD i roto i te ahupūngao ahupūngao (1987) i raro i a Howard Georgi.
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