The Disordered Cosmos - A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

"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 [this book], 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"--

About the author

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an associate professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. She divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts and the New Hampshire Seacoast, where she enjoys doing amateur astrophotography. 

Summary

From a star astrophysicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos -- and a call for more just, inclusive practice of science.

Foreword

From a star astrophysicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos -- and a call for more just, inclusive practice of science.

Product details

• Authors: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781541724709
• ISBN: 978-1-5417-2470-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 242 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SCIENCE / Essays, Feminism & feminist theory, Relating to African American people, Cosmology & the universe, Astronomy, space & time, Cosmology and the universe, Feminism and feminist theory, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy