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1. The disordered cosmos: a journey into dark matter, spacetime, and Dreams deferred

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Author:
Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Description:
"Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is one of the leading physicists of her generation, at work on the origins of spacetime at the intersection of particle physics and astrophysics. She is also one of the fewer than one hundred Black women to earn a PhD in physics. In [this book], Prescod-Weinstein shares with readers her love for physics, from the Standard Model of Particle Physics and what lies beyond it, to the physics of melanin in skin, to the latest...

2. Astrophysics for people in a hurry

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Author:
Tyson, Neil deGrasse
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Description:
"What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? ... Neil deGrasse Tyson ... reveal[s] just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe"--