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Science for just $15 USD. Summary In The Disordered Cosmos, physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein balances on a knife's edge, inspiring both awe at the elegant laws governing our Universe and fury at the field that has discovered them at great social cost. Readers will discover the fantastical realm of dark matter, quantum field theory, and curved spacetimes that modern physics has revealed, while also confronting uncomfortable truths about the social dynamics that have led to these discoveries.
Amazon Summer is on the horizon, and there's no better companion for a trip to the beach or a lazy day off than a good book. To get you ready for the (hopefully) relaxed months ahead, we're sharing our recommendations for books to add to your reading pile. Whether you’re a fan of true crime, sci-fi, comic books, or non-fiction, we've got a book for you. 1. Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl // Jonathan C. Slaght; $18 Farrar, Straus, and Giroux/Amazon Take a break from the summer heat and transport your mind to Russia’s Far East, where the endangered...
Written by Danielle Chiriguayo and Amy Ta, produced by Brian Hardzinski May. 12, 2021Education MORE “People are really excited about science. They feel like the scientific community is not excited about them, or welcoming to them, except sometimes using Black people for experiments,” says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. Photo by Shutterstock. Some of the most recognizable names in science are white men: Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, even Bill Nye. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is one of the few Black women in astrophysics. She teaches at the Un...
Black scientist rethinks the 'dark' in dark matter CNN 1 hr ago By Lisa Selin Davis, CNN © Shutterstock Theoretical physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, who explores the structural oppression of the scientific community as one of the themes in her new book, advocates for making the "night sky accessible" to all children. A starry night at Yellowstone National Park is shown here. When many kids were running around playing tag or video games, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein was thinking about particle physics. After her mother took her to see "A Brief History of Time," Errol Morri...