The Disordered Cosmos Book Tour & Press
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred has received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist. To learn more about the book, check out the excerpts, tour videos, interviews, and press below.
excerpts
Essence Magazine A Black Femme Dreams in Equations
Lilith Magazine From the Cosmos to the Patriarchy
Popsci In Hawaii, an ancient observatory offers lessons for modern stargazers
Space.com Excerpt from Chapter 4: The Biggest Picture There Is
Book tour Videos
March 9, Harvard Books and Harvard Science Talks Book Launch with Kiese Laymon
March 10, Skylight Books with Charles Yu
March 11, Loyalty Books with Camonghne Felix ($1 or more donation required)
March 16, Charis Books with Imani Perry
March 17, Powells Books with Elissa Washuta
March 24, Institute for Quantum Studies with Matt Leifer
March 25, Vanguard STEM with Jedidah Isler and Anicca Harriot
March 31, University of New Hampshire with Katherine McKittrick and Kabria Baumgartner
April 6, Commonwealth Club of California with Raja GuhaThakurta
April 8, Town Hall Seattle with Jaleesa Trapp
April 16, UT Austin Feminist Futures with Christen Smith and Joshua Roebke
April 21, Ambe: We Are Surrounded by Relatives Black and Indigenous Book Club
May 4, Cafe Culture Northeast (UK) with Adam Ferner
June 17, Digital Public Library of America with Lori Harris
August 19, Cafe Con Libros with Ytasha Womack
December 1, Bold Type Books Talk with Robert Jones, Jr.
Press interviews & coverage
CNN Black physicist rethinks the “dark” in dark matter" (print interview)
C-SPAN Q&A: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (video with transcript)
TVO The Agenda: The Physics of Our Cosmos (video with transcript)
The Root 'Cosmology Is Black—It’s Blackity-Black': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Explores The Disordered Cosmos With Chanda Prescod-Weinstein(podcast)
Black Ballad (UK) Mars, The Physics Of Melanin & What Science Owes To Black & Brown People: In Conversation w/ Dr Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (video)
Electric Literature For Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Story of the Universe is Also The Story of Blackness (print interview)
Shondaland Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Wants You to Know Science is For Everyone (print interview)
NPR Short Wave The Disordered Cosmos (podcast)
CBC A theoretical cosmologist explores the right to wonder upon the night sky (radio with transcript)
ABC (Australia) Your right to know the universe! Chanda Prescod-Weinstein's disordered cosmos and Particles for Justice (radio)
WMUR Full interview: Professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein discusses new book, 'The Disordered Cosmos' (video with transcript)
alma. Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s Jewish Universe (print interview)
Public Books Public Thinker: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Looks to the Night Sky (print interview)
The Philosopher Physics is Not an Exception (print interview)
Times Higher Education (UK) Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on making the ‘disordered cosmos’ add up (print interview)
Space.com In 'The Disordered Cosmos,' a physicist explores how physics and society intersect (print interview)
Science Clear + Vivid with Alan Alda There’s More to Everything than Meets the Eye (podcast)
Wisconsin Public Radio Making Sense of the Disordered Cosmos (radio)
Jefferson Exchange Black Woman Physicist Considers Limits Of Space, Time, And Humans (radio)
HOT97 Ebro in the Morning Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein On Race & Gender Bias In Science + New Book! (video)
Weekly Space Hangout (video)
BBC Sky at Night Disordered Cosmos: Interview with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (audio-only video)
Boston Globe Black feminism meets physics in Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s ‘The Disordered Cosmos’ (print)
Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s Disordered Cosmos (podcast)
For the Wild Dr. CHANDA PRESCOD-WEINSTEIN on the Night Sky and Liberation Discourse (podcast)
Hashivenu Paradox, Complexity and Liberation: A Conversation with Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (podcast)
FQXi Podcast The Disordered Cosmos
Lady Science Podcast The Disordered Cosmos
Debut Spotlight with Rachel Barenbaum Episode 59 Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: THE DISORDERED COSMOS
REviews
Kirkus Starred Review: A timely, necessary, stellar book—a game-changer
Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Booklist Starred Review
The New Yorker Briefly Noted Book Reviews: The Disordered Cosmos
Nature Physics A Love Letter to Black Feminist Physicists
Physics World Frames of reference in science and culture, and how they influence progress
Nature Astronomy Just Astronomy
Nature A Physicist Takes on Academic Racism (short review)
New Scientist The Disordered Cosmos review: An insider take on physics and injustice
Scientific American Book Recommendations from the Editors