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010 _a 2020040651
020 _a9781541724709
_q(hardcover)
020 _z9781541724693
_q(ebook)
038 _aAzhar
040 _aDLC
_beng
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050 0 0 _aQB461.5
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100 1 _aPrescod-Weinstein, Chanda,
_eauthor.
_9100882
245 1 4 _aThe disordered cosmos :
_ba journey into dark matter, spacetime, and dreams deferred
_cChanda Prescod-Weinstein.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aNew York :
_bBold Type Books,
_c2021.
263 _a1111
300 _a318p
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is one of the leading physicists of her generation, at work on the origins of spacetime at the intersection of particle physics and astrophysics. She is also one of the fewer than one hundred Black women to earn a PhD in physics. In The Disordered Cosmos, Prescod-Weinstein shares with readers her love for physics, from the Standard Model of Particle Physics and what lies beyond it, to the physics of melanin in skin, to the latest theories of dark matter - all with a new spin and rhythm informed by pop culture, hip hop, politics, and Star Trek. Prescod-Weinstein's vision of the cosmos is vibrant, inclusive and buoyantly non-traditional. As she makes clear, what we know about the universe won't be complete until we learn to think beyond the limitations of white-dominated science. Science, like most fields, is set up for men to succeed, and is rife with racism, sexism, and shortsightedness as a result. But as Prescod-Weinstein makes brilliantly clear, we all have a right to know the night sky. By welcoming the insights of those who have been left out for too long, we expand our understanding of the universe and our place in it. The Disordered Cosmos is a vision for a world without prejudice that allows everyone to view the wonders of the universe through the same starry eyes"--
_cProvided by publisher.
563 _aHB
650 0 _aAstrophysics.
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650 0 _aParticles (Nuclear physics)
650 0 _aCosmology.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xStudy and teaching.
_9100883
650 0 _aFeminism.
_994688
650 0 _aFeminist theory.
_9100884
655 7 _aEssays.
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