A quantum life : my unlikely journey from the street to the stars / Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz.
| Author/creator |
Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata) author. |
| Other author/creator | Horwitz, Joshua author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Peguin Random House, LLC, [2021] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2021 |
| Description | xv, 342 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Prologue -- Ghetto child -- Coming of age in Mississippi -- Historically Black in college -- Stanford starman -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| LCCN | 2021287842 |
| ISBN | 9781984819093 hc. |
| ISBN | 1984819097 hc. |
| ISBN | 9781984819116 (trade paperback) |
| ISBN | 1984819119 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | Ronnie Barnes African American Collection | QB460.72.O48 A3 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |