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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. Men explain things to me

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Author:
Solnit, Rebecca
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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Description:
A landmark essay that went viral, inspired the word "mansplaining," and prompted fierce arguments.