Your right to know the universe! The Messy Cosmos of Chanda Prescod-Weinstein and Particles for Justice (REPEAT) – Science Friction

Theoretical physicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is all about science: passionate dark matter detective, feminist researcher, #BlackinSTEM activist, queer woman, co-founder of Particles for Justice, and more.

She wants all children to have the right to adore and explore the night sky, but for that, physics must turn the telescopes on itself.

A diversity campaigner who says ‘diversity is a dangerous set-up’.

Chanda’s exciting new book The Messy Cosmos: A Journey Through Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Deferred Dreams unlike any other you have read.

Guests:

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
@IBJIYONGI
Theoretical physicist and researcher in feminist studies
Assistant Professor of Physics
Senior Faculty Member in Women’s and Gender Studies
University of New Hampshire, USA

Author of The Messy Cosmos: A Journey Through Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Deferred Dreams
Books in bold, 2021
(Australian distributor: Hachette Books)

Further information :

Learn more about Chanda’s science projects

Particles for Justice

Decolonization of Science Reading List (compiled by Chanda)

Nature’s 10: 10 people who helped shape science in 2020

Profile of 500 queer scientists

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