The Edge of Space-Time

With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status as one of the most accomplished and important science writers of our time; as polymath, griot, teacher and more; as the guide to the universe that we don’t deserve but absolutely need. She has given us a book about physics as story and metaphor, as revelation and revolution, as answer and antidote. It’s suffused with gorgeous poetry, full of righteous anger and frequently very, very funny – ED YONG, author of AN IMMENSE WORLDChanda Prescod-Weinstein brings light to the universe. This is a book of beautiful ideas about our cosmos, but it is a book of poetry too. This is what science books should be, full of love and fascination and a sense of how vital progress is, not just in how we view the universe but how we view each other – ROBIN INCE, comedian, actor and authorLots of books talk about the universe. The Edge of Space-Time talks about the universe from the perspective of a real human living within it - a person with a body, embedded in a community, burdened by history, fuelled by curiosity, sustained by hope. A great read for any human being who lives in the universe – SEAN CARROLL, author of THE BIGGEST IDEAS IN THE UNIVERSEA homage to the big questions that made Dr. Prescod-Weinstein want to become a physicist in the first place * * New York Times * *Astonishing * * Los Angeles Times * *Distils the knowns and unknowns of our universe in a heady brew of astronomical observation, complex calculus, personal anecdote and political polemic… . Buckle up and shoot for the stars * * TIME * *Nothing short of mind-blowing … A brilliant book that explores what we can learn about life here on Earth by looking up * * Book Riot * *A fresh and wholly unique take on space-time and on where science fits into our history and society … In a crowded field of science communicators who tackle advanced topics, Prescod-Weinstein’s voice continues to be a refreshing standout * * American Scientist * *A cosmologist and particle physicist who also happens to be a great writer with wonderful cross-cultural fluencies, Prescod-Weinstein seems possessed of an off-kilter and roving curiosity ideally suited to answering all the bigger questions about where we are, why we’re here and where, exactly, are we going * * LitHub * *An accessible take on a flabbergasting subject … Draws from just about every intellectual nook and cranny - from Bantu linguistics and Star Trek, to hip-hop and gender theory - to weave an idiosyncratic illustration of the universe as physicists understand it today * * NPR * *

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an associate professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. She is a columnist for New Scientist and Physics World. She conducts award-winning theoretical physics research on dark matter, the early universe and neutron stars, while also researching Black feminist science studies.

Her first book, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime and Dreams Deferred, won the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in science and technology, the 2022 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science and a 2022 Josephine Miles Award from PEN Oakland.

Born in Los Angeles, she has roots spanning from Christ Church, Barbados to Kilburn, London.

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