A quantum life : my unlikely journey from the street to the stars
Title:
A quantum life : my unlikely journey from the street to the stars
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Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz.
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Delacorte Press, [2023]
Physical Description:
xiii, 333 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781984849632
9781984849649
General Note:
"Originally published in hardcover by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2021" -- Title page verso.
Abstract:
"Renowned American astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi's (born James Plummer) coming-of-age memoir, from young boy to graduate-school student, charts the remarkable resilience of a boy who was offered few chances to succeed, but fought hard to achieve his dream"-- Provided by publisher.
In this young adult adaptation of his book, Oluseyi (born James Plummer) tells how he faced years of bullying and abuse, and 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, before he finally seized his dream of a life in astrophysics. Here Oluseyi shares his quest across an ever-expanding universe filled with entanglement and choice. -- adapted from adult edition
Reading Level:
Ages 12 up Delacorte Press.
970 L Lexile
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Variant Title:
Portion of title: My unlikely journey from the street to the stars
Cover title: Quantum life : adapted for young adults
Contents:
Prologue -- Ghetto child -- Coming of age in Mississippi -- Historically Black in college -- Stanford starman -- Epilogue.