The disordered cosmos : a journey into dark matter, spacetime, and dreams deferred / Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda, author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Astrophysics.

Cosmology.

African Americans--Study and teaching.

African Americans.

Feminist theory.

Science--Methodology.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bold Type Books, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Phase 1 Just physics p. 9

1 I ♥ Quarks p. 11

2 Dark Matter Isn't Dark p. 29

3 Spacetime Isn't Straight p. 45

4 The Biggest Picture There Is p. 67

Phase 2 Physics and the chosen few p. 91

5 The Physics of Melanin p. 93

6 Black People Are Luminous Matter p. 113

7 Who Is a Scientist? p. 131

Phase 3 The trouble with physicists p. 147

8 Let Astro/Physics Be the Dream It Used to Be p. 149

9 The Anti-Patriarchy Agender p. 167

10 Wages for Scientific Housework p. 183

11 Rape Is Part of This Scientific Story p. 197

Phase 4 All our galactic relations p. 211

12 The Point of Science: Lessons from the Mauna p. 213

13 Cosmological Dreams Under Totalitarianism p. 235

14 Black Feminist Physics at the End of the World p. 253

Dear Mama, This is What My Freedom Dream Looks Like p. 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781541724693

1541724690

Publisher Number:

99986900542

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.