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We tend to think of science as objective and neutral, driven only by scientific principles and free of social disturbances. In The Disordered Cosmos, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein – assistant professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire, US – exposes the racism and sexism that persist across all scientific disciplines. ‘You have to be twice as good to get half as far,’ was probably a phrase that Prescod-Weinstein – who is only the 54th Black US woman to earn a physics PhD – grew up hearing. In her book, she writ...

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an award-winning physicist,⁠ feminist, activist and the first Black woman to earn a PhD in the field of theoretical cosmology. Photo: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Every community guards a creation story, a theory of cosmic origins. In much of sub-Saharan West Africa, for the past few thousand years, itinerant storytellers known as griots have communicated these and other tales through song. Cosmologists also intone a theory of cosmic origins, known as the Big Bang, albeit through journal articles and math. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a cosmologist who is adept with b...

Bold Type Books THIS isn’t just a popular science book. There is plenty of physics in it – from the big bang and relativity to particle physics, it is all there. But attention rapidly shifts to the author’s other preoccupation: social injustice, such as inequalities, prejudices and the kind of social grooming and timidity that also hinder us from calling out these vices. The author of The Disordered Cosmos is Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, a core faculty member in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire – and a New Sci...

This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. This is a guest post from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. She is a theoretical physicist, feminist theorist, and author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, out now from Bold Type Books. You can find her on Twitter @IBJIYONGI. The last year has raised the political consciousness of people across the United States — and the world — who for various reasons had previously not paid much attention to the material conditions that shape the lives of pe...

A theoretical cosmologist explores the right to wonder upon the night sky In her new book, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein writes her love letter to the universe and asks readers to confront the ways that some people have been denied the opportunity to gaze upon the cosmos in wonder. Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: Mar 26, 2021 4:44 PM ET | Last Updated: March 26 In her new book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explores our fundamental right to wonder upon the night sky.(Chanda Prescod-Weinstein) Quirks and Quarks17:08A theoretical cosmologist explores the right to wonder upon...