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A quantum life : my unlikely journey from the street to the stars, Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz

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  • 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
  • A bookish nerd is a soft target, and James Plummer faced years of bullying and abuse. He adopted the persona of "gangsta nerd, " dealing weed in juke joints while winning state science fairs with computer programs that model Einstein's theory of relativity. The promise of a bright future in the physics PhD program at Stanford University was dulled by a dangerous crack cocaine habit he developed in college and the entrenched racism and classism of the scientific establishment. With the encouragement of his mentor he seized his dream of a life in astrophysics, and adopted a new name, Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, to honor his African ancestors. Here he shares his quest across an ever-expanding universe filled with entanglement and choice. -- adapted from jacket
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eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
xv, 342 pages
Contents
  • Prologue
  • Ghetto child
  • Coming of age in Mississippi
  • Historically Black in college
  • Stanford starman
  • Epilogue
Isbn
9781984819093
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A quantum life : my unlikely journey from the street to the stars
Title
A quantum life
Title remainder
my unlikely journey from the street to the stars
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Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz
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Language
eng
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
  • A bookish nerd is a soft target, and James Plummer faced years of bullying and abuse. He adopted the persona of "gangsta nerd, " dealing weed in juke joints while winning state science fairs with computer programs that model Einstein's theory of relativity. The promise of a bright future in the physics PhD program at Stanford University was dulled by a dangerous crack cocaine habit he developed in college and the entrenched racism and classism of the scientific establishment. With the encouragement of his mentor he seized his dream of a life in astrophysics, and adopted a new name, Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, to honor his African ancestors. Here he shares his quest across an ever-expanding universe filled with entanglement and choice. -- adapted from jacket
Biography type
autobiography
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IEP
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Oluseyi, Hakeem M.
Dewey number
  • 520.92
  • B
Index
no index present
LC call number
QB460.72.O48
LC item number
A3 2021
Literary form
non fiction
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Horwitz, Joshua
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  • Oluseyi, Hakeem M.
  • Astrophysicists
  • African American scientists
  • African American scientists
  • Astrophysicists
  • United States
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A quantum life : my unlikely journey from the street to the stars, Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz
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Contents
Prologue -- Ghetto child -- Coming of age in Mississippi -- Historically Black in college -- Stanford starman -- Epilogue
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on1252905491
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xv, 342 pages
Isbn
9781984819093
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A quantum life : my unlikely journey from the street to the stars, Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz
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Copyright
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volume
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue -- Ghetto child -- Coming of age in Mississippi -- Historically Black in college -- Stanford starman -- Epilogue
Control code
on1252905491
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xv, 342 pages
Isbn
9781984819093
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia

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