The Disordered CosmosChanda Prescod-WeinsteinLabel: PublicAffairsU.S.Description: Science like most fields is set up for men to succeed and is rife with racism sexism and shortsightedness as a result. But as Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein makes brilliantly clear we all have a right to know the night sky. One of the leading physicists of her generation she is also one of the fewer than one hundred Black women to earn a PhD in physics.You will enjoy -- and share -- 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. This vision of the cosmos is vibrant inclusive and buoyantly non-traditional.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.
