![]() ![]() ![]() The Disordered Cosmos dreams into existence a world that allows everyone to tap into humanity's wealth of knowledge about the wonders of the universe. She lays out a bold new approach to science and society that begins with the belief that we all have a fundamental right to know and love the night sky. Prescod-Weinstein urges us to recognize how science, like most fields, is rife with racism, sexism, and other dehumanizing systems. Her vision of the cosmos is vibrant, buoyantly non-traditional, and grounded in Black feminist traditions. ![]() Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is also one of fewer than one hundred Black American women to earn a PhD from a department of physics. One of the leading physicists of her generation, 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-all with a new spin informed by history, politics, and the wisdom of Star Trek. If the book and documentary A Brief History of Time were influential in making a wider public accept and celebrate disabled scientists, Prescod-Weinstein's book will hopefully do the same for people of colour and other marginalized groups. From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos-and a call for a more just practice of science. 'The Disordered Cosmos, more than most other science books, is an urgently needed call for justice.It is brave, passionate and angry, and rightly so. ![]()
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