This Theoretical Physicist Boldly Goes Where Few Black Women Have Gone Before
In her new book, Harvard-educated Professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her vision of the cosmos and breaks down the sexism and racism inherent in science. By S.C. Stuart
Feb. 18, 2021, 7:57 p.m.
Milky Way from the Atacama desert (Alberto Ghizzi Panizza/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein spends a good amount of her research time untangling spacetime and seeking out gravitational waves. And in her forthcoming book,
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams DeferredThe Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, the Harvard grad and theoretical physicist offers a modern take on the mind-bending concepts that have fascinated scientists for centuries.