tonyanicole's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I didn't think a non fiction book about physics, race and society would make me cry but here we are.
psammophilus's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
This may be my new favorite "Pop" science book. As a lover of science and holder of multiple minoritized identities this is a book that was written 'for me'. Some of the topics are mentally or emotionally challenging, but this is the future.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
notesquotesscarletmotes's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
I went into this thinking it was another book about science, but it was so much more than that. It showed how every part of our lives are touched, influenced, and changed by our histories. How our thoughts are led one way or another. How we are perceived, often times against our will, by others and how those perceptions also shape our lives.
Yes, there are stars, comets, and dark matter present in these pages but there's also discussions of gender, and sexuality, politics, and history, and a myriad of other fascinating things to reflect on that are present all around us in this universe.
Yes, there are stars, comets, and dark matter present in these pages but there's also discussions of gender, and sexuality, politics, and history, and a myriad of other fascinating things to reflect on that are present all around us in this universe.
ryanfields32's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
I didn’t expect to understand a ton of the science stuff, but that wasn’t even a particularly important component to the themes this book presents. I gained some new perspectives on the way that science happens and how it needs to change
lene_kretzsch's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.75
bruhmantics's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I need to hit every old ass physicist in my department over the head with this book
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
nakedsushi's review against another edition
5.0
Came for the explanation of quarks and black holes, stayed for the discourse on capitalism and feminism.
Okay, most of the science parts of it went way over my head no matter how many times I tried to re-read it, but it's fine because the IMO meat of the book comes in the second half of it. Prescod-Weinstein writes beautifully about how working and talking about science in a vacuum, separate from all the other things happening in the world is a disservice.
Prescod-Weinstein is thoughtful at times and angry at others, and I'm here for all of that. What a rollercoaster. This should be required reading for everyone going into college, not just into "the sciences."
Okay, most of the science parts of it went way over my head no matter how many times I tried to re-read it, but it's fine because the IMO meat of the book comes in the second half of it. Prescod-Weinstein writes beautifully about how working and talking about science in a vacuum, separate from all the other things happening in the world is a disservice.
Prescod-Weinstein is thoughtful at times and angry at others, and I'm here for all of that. What a rollercoaster. This should be required reading for everyone going into college, not just into "the sciences."