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The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
60 reviews
auqua's review
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Colonisation, Misogyny, Racism, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Suicide
simonamiller's review against another edition
informative
reflective
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Colonisation, and Racism
kmccubbin's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Prescod-Weinstein's book does not mince words. When they talk about physics, they talk about fucking physics! And when they talk about racism, sexism, gender discrimination (all of which they have profound experience of), you will feel buffeted, enlightened and very sad.
But it's more than that. It's a call to arms. A demand that we have values that are deeply considered and acted upon.
They demand that you DO something!
I can think of no higher recommendation.
But it's more than that. It's a call to arms. A demand that we have values that are deeply considered and acted upon.
They demand that you DO something!
I can think of no higher recommendation.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
hootreads's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation and Racism
Moderate: Rape
katehaswell's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Racism, and Sexism
mxastrophel's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence
havelock's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Rape
cfrancoeur's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
Sometimes hard to grasp and intense (not in a bad way), but absolutely awe-inspiring and thought-provoking. I want to explore a lot of the additional content in this book, and overall I think this is a must read for academics.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Racism
librarianpenguin's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
clarabooksit's review
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I love it when a book reshapes the way I think about a subject and this book challenged me in the best possible ways.
This was not an easy book for me. I knew virtually nothing about particle physics going into this book, so the first few chapters were hard. But the later chapters that center the humanities of science captivated me. I loved the way Prescod-Weinstein tackled racism, misogyny and transphobia in science, the way she interrogated the white, male, cis-gendered, western history of the sciences, the way she included the people who help others practice and further science, and her arguments on how and why we need to decolonize the ways we learn and practice the hard sciences. Likewise, her personal stories and journey were deeply moving, even when I didn’t understand the particle physics connections she was making.
There were odd pop culture references that weren’t always fully explained and/or my own understanding of those references interfered with the author’s interpretation of them that pulled me out of some of her arguments, and I’m pretty sure I’ll never fully comprehend the first four or so chapters, but overall I loved this book.
This was not an easy book for me. I knew virtually nothing about particle physics going into this book, so the first few chapters were hard. But the later chapters that center the humanities of science captivated me. I loved the way Prescod-Weinstein tackled racism, misogyny and transphobia in science, the way she interrogated the white, male, cis-gendered, western history of the sciences, the way she included the people who help others practice and further science, and her arguments on how and why we need to decolonize the ways we learn and practice the hard sciences. Likewise, her personal stories and journey were deeply moving, even when I didn’t understand the particle physics connections she was making.
There were odd pop culture references that weren’t always fully explained and/or my own understanding of those references interfered with the author’s interpretation of them that pulled me out of some of her arguments, and I’m pretty sure I’ll never fully comprehend the first four or so chapters, but overall I loved this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Rape
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