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The disordered cosmos : a journey into dark matter, spacetime, and dreams deferred / Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.

By: Publisher: New York : Bold Type Books, 2021Copyright date: 2021Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541724709
  • 1541724704
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Disordered cosmos.DDC classification:
  • 523.01 23
  • 539.721 23
LOC classification:
  • QB461.5 .P735 2021
  • QC793.2 .P735 2021
Contents:
In the beginning: a bedtime story -- Phase 1: Just physics. I [heart] quarks ; Dark matter isn't dark ; Spacetime isn't straight ; The biggest picture there is -- Phase 2: Physics and the chosen few. The physics of melanin ; Black people are luminous matter ; Who is a scientist? -- Phase 3: The trouble with physicists. Let astro/physics be the dream it used to be ; The anti-patriarchy agender ; Wages for scientific housework ; Rape is part of this scientific story -- Phase 4: All our galactic relations. The point of science: lessons from the mauna ; Cosmological dreams under totalitarianism ; Black feminist physics at the end of the world -- Dear mama, this is what my freedom dream looks like.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab QB461.5 .P735 2021 1 Available 50583020020552
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and index.

In the beginning: a bedtime story -- Phase 1: Just physics. I [heart] quarks ; Dark matter isn't dark ; Spacetime isn't straight ; The biggest picture there is -- Phase 2: Physics and the chosen few. The physics of melanin ; Black people are luminous matter ; Who is a scientist? -- Phase 3: The trouble with physicists. Let astro/physics be the dream it used to be ; The anti-patriarchy agender ; Wages for scientific housework ; Rape is part of this scientific story -- Phase 4: All our galactic relations. The point of science: lessons from the mauna ; Cosmological dreams under totalitarianism ; Black feminist physics at the end of the world -- Dear mama, this is what my freedom dream looks like.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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