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tinuviel77's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
emcgillivray's review against another edition
4.0
The first four chapters explain why astrophysics is amazing and the science behind it. It was hard to get through because I got lost, but I pushed through, feeling like I was in one of those nightmares where I showed up to class for the first time to take the final exam.
The rest of the book was a look at no matter how much you love something if you don't "fit" who the industry thinks you should be and what it thinks its history is. Some of it is harrowing. Some of it is uplifting. Most of it shows that no matter how far we think we've come, we have miles yet to go. Even in fields like sciences, where, despite knowing how vastly unknown our galaxy and existence are, we tend to think we're more logical and smarter than other groups of humans. Yet, our same biases and bigotries continue to pop up.
The rest of the book was a look at no matter how much you love something if you don't "fit" who the industry thinks you should be and what it thinks its history is. Some of it is harrowing. Some of it is uplifting. Most of it shows that no matter how far we think we've come, we have miles yet to go. Even in fields like sciences, where, despite knowing how vastly unknown our galaxy and existence are, we tend to think we're more logical and smarter than other groups of humans. Yet, our same biases and bigotries continue to pop up.
momoreads45's review against another edition
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5.0
I cannot highly recommend this book enough. While I will be the first to admit that I don’t know anything about physics, what I do know is that this author stresses the importance of their lived experience and how race and racism has impacted not only the physics community but their experience in academia. I really enjoyed that this author stressed the importance of social and physical sciences, as they stated multiple times that it is important to know the history of your discipline. I would definitely use their work in future classes!
allrileydup's review against another edition
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3.5
omnipresent_photon's review against another edition
second try. held on as long as i could. maybe third time'll be the charm.
samants's review against another edition
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4.25
A singularly caring and empathetic science book. I was astounded by what she said about the culture surrounding scientific research (fixated on suffering? yes! racist? of course! I'm so glad someone else sees it!) and about what it means to be a minority in STEM, both overcoming and benefitting from the hierarchies at play. I am not at the same place as Prescod-Weinstein in that I am still undergoing a small crisis of faith about my profession, but her earnestness was really touching.
My only complaints were that it could be a bit heavy-handed at times and that I had to muddle through the physics explanations, but the author's note at the end was very reassuring. I plan to recommend this to my friends in science.
My only complaints were that it could be a bit heavy-handed at times and that I had to muddle through the physics explanations, but the author's note at the end was very reassuring. I plan to recommend this to my friends in science.
illustrativemisfit's review against another edition
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dark
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5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Colonisation