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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata).     Subjects     Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata)     Astrophysicists -- United States -- Biography.     Scientists, Black -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata).       by title:      A quantum life : my ...       by call number:      523.01092 O52q     Search the Web     Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata).     Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata)     Astrophysicists -- United States -- Biography.     Scientists, Black -- Biography.       MARC Display

A quantum life : my unlikely journey from the street to the stars / Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz. by Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata). Ballantine Books, 2021. Call #: 523.01092 O52q Subjects Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata)   Astrophysicists -- United States -- Biography.   Scientists, Black -- Biography. ISBN:  9781984819093 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xv, 342 p. ; 25 cm. Summary:  This memoir of the renowned astrophysicist tells the story of how he overcame his personal demons, including an impoverished childhood and life of crime as well as an addiction to crack cocaine and entrenched racism. "Navigating powerty, violence, and instability, a young James Edward Plummer had two guiding stars -- a genius IQ and a love of science. But a bookish nerd is a soft target, and James faced years of bullying and abuse. As he struggled to survive his childhood in some of the country's toughest urban neighborhoods in New Orleans, Houston, and Los Angeles, and later in the equally poor backwoods of Mississippi, he adopted the persona of 'gangsta nerd' -- dealing weed in juke joints while winning state science fairs with computer programs that modeled Einstain's theory of relativity. Once admitted to the elite physics PhD program at Stanford University, James found himself pulled between the promise of a bright future and a dangerous crack cocaine habit he developed in college. With the encouragement of his mentor, the sole Black professor in the physics department, James confronted his personal demons as well as the entrenched racism and classism of the scientific establishment. When he finally seized his dream of a life in astrophysics, he adopted a new name, Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, to honor his African ancestors. Alternatley heartbreaking and hopeful. 'A quantum life ' narrrates one man's remarkable quest acrosss an ever-expanding universe filled with entanglement and choice." --Jacket. Genre:  Autobiographies. Other authors:  Horwitz, Joshua. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 523.01092 O52q Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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