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The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Chanda Prescod Wesintein’s book changed my life. It took me and I took it on journeys through spacetime together. I laughed, I sobbed, I had to reread pages on chromodynamics three times. I read this book feeling more intertwined to the universe. It’s the most rewarding book I’ve ever finished.
I took physics my senior year of high school and hated it. My teacher happened to be my student government advisor, so she was graciously lenient with how much I outwardly despised (found truly every excuse to get out of - ask my best friend) the subject she taught and loved.
Fast forward a decade, I listen to an @ologies episode on quantum mechanics and feel a renewed interest in a type of physics I hadn’t heard of. Turns out the tiniest, invisible, and just really confusing elements of the universe aren’t that different than humans. Because… we are the universe, duh. And that always made intuitive sense to me, but I could never find someone from this confusing scientific field say it: quantum physics (all science!) is political.
Then my partner bought me The Disordered Cosmos. I knew from the first 2 pages it would be my favorite book. Every page - even the chapters that read like a physics textbook - felt so at home to me.
“If you are someone who has been frightened or even terrorized by science or math, I want to be very clear about one thing: this book was for you.” Please read it. There’s no quiz at the end. You’ll love it.
I took physics my senior year of high school and hated it. My teacher happened to be my student government advisor, so she was graciously lenient with how much I outwardly despised (found truly every excuse to get out of - ask my best friend) the subject she taught and loved.
Fast forward a decade, I listen to an @ologies episode on quantum mechanics and feel a renewed interest in a type of physics I hadn’t heard of. Turns out the tiniest, invisible, and just really confusing elements of the universe aren’t that different than humans. Because… we are the universe, duh. And that always made intuitive sense to me, but I could never find someone from this confusing scientific field say it: quantum physics (all science!) is political.
Then my partner bought me The Disordered Cosmos. I knew from the first 2 pages it would be my favorite book. Every page - even the chapters that read like a physics textbook - felt so at home to me.
“If you are someone who has been frightened or even terrorized by science or math, I want to be very clear about one thing: this book was for you.” Please read it. There’s no quiz at the end. You’ll love it.