
The Disordered Cosmos
A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
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Joniece Abbott-Pratt
From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos—and a call for a more liberatory practice of science.
A Finalist for the 2022 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
A Finalist for the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science & Technology
A Smithsonian Magazine Best Science Book of 2021
A Symmetry Magazine Top 10 Physics Book of 2021
An Entropy Magazine Best Nonfiction Book of 2020-2021
A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2021
A Booklist Top 10 Sci-Tech Book of the Year
In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares 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—along with a perspective informed by history, politics, and the wisdom of Star Trek.
One of the leading physicists of her generation, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is also one of fewer than one hundred Black American women to earn a PhD from a department of physics. Her vision of the cosmos is vibrant, buoyantly nontraditional, and grounded in Black and queer feminist lineages.
Dr. Prescod-Weinstein urges us to recognize how science, like most fields, is rife with racism, misogyny, and other forms of oppression. She lays out a bold new approach to science and society, beginning with the belief that we all have a fundamental right to know and love the night sky. The Disordered Cosmos dreams into existence a world that allows everyone to experience and understand the wonders of the universe.
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Anyone looking to engage pure/tradtional/white scientific ideas will be deservedly frustrated and disappointed (and should take that feeling as a sign that you need a different and more dynamic lens). Nothing changes if no one changes.
Brilliant! A must read!
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Witnessing a part of the universe through your eyes combining social and cultural narratives, histories and experiences with the pull of scientific inquiry indeed changes everything. I find as a reader your story forcing me to wrestle with the unconstrained powers of "infinity" on a planet hell bent on constraint.
Thank-you Dr. Prescod-Weinstein.
Wrestling with "infinity" on a constraining planet
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Science is social
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Beautiful and Deep
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An amazing book
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Perfect book for everywhere this is a must.
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Love this book!!!
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The writing is dynamic, and agile. Layered, subtle, but often blunt. There were several passages that were so loaded with meaning in every word choice, alternating phrasings of repeated vocabulary to hammer home the focus of the utterance. Here the performance was immensely powerful and helpful. The cadence, emphasis, tone, and speed amplified both the subtle and the blunt. I will be listening again, and likely purchasing the physical book to examine the skillful presentation in more depth than I can muster with audio only.
Engaging, important, well performed.
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Absolutely stunning and necessary
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So many feelings
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