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A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults)

- My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
Af: Hakeem Oluseyi, Joshua Horwitz Engelsk Hardback

A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults)

- My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
Af: Hakeem Oluseyi, Joshua Horwitz Engelsk Hardback
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A NASA astrophysicist narrates his improbable journey from an impoverished childhood and an adolescence mired in drugs and crime to the nation''s top physics PhD program at Stanford in this inspiring coming-of-age memoir.

Born into extreme poverty and emotional deprivation, James Edward Plummer was blessed with a genius I.Q. and a love of science. But in his community, a young bookworm quickly becomes a target for violence and abuse. As he struggles to survive his childhood in some of the toughest cities in the country, and his teenage years in the equally poor backwoods of Mississippi, James adopts the hybrid persona of a "gangsta nerd"--dealing weed in juke joints while winning state science fairs with computer programs that untangle the mysteries of Einstein''s relativity theory.

When his prodigious intellect gains him admission to the elite Physics PhD program at Stanford University, James finds himself torn between his love of science and a dangerous crack cocaine habit he developed in college. With the encouragement of his mentor Art Walker, the lone Black faculty member in the physics department, James finally seizes his dream of a life in science and becomes his true adult self, changing his name to Hakeem Muata Oluseyi in honor--and celebration--of his African heritage.

In the tradition of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and The Other Wes Moore, A Quantum Life is an uplifting journey to the stars fueled by hope, hustle, and a hungry mind. As he charts his development as a young scientist, Oluseyi also plumbs the mysteries of the universe where potential personal outcomes are as infinite as the stars in the sky.
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A NASA astrophysicist narrates his improbable journey from an impoverished childhood and an adolescence mired in drugs and crime to the nation''s top physics PhD program at Stanford in this inspiring coming-of-age memoir.

Born into extreme poverty and emotional deprivation, James Edward Plummer was blessed with a genius I.Q. and a love of science. But in his community, a young bookworm quickly becomes a target for violence and abuse. As he struggles to survive his childhood in some of the toughest cities in the country, and his teenage years in the equally poor backwoods of Mississippi, James adopts the hybrid persona of a "gangsta nerd"--dealing weed in juke joints while winning state science fairs with computer programs that untangle the mysteries of Einstein''s relativity theory.

When his prodigious intellect gains him admission to the elite Physics PhD program at Stanford University, James finds himself torn between his love of science and a dangerous crack cocaine habit he developed in college. With the encouragement of his mentor Art Walker, the lone Black faculty member in the physics department, James finally seizes his dream of a life in science and becomes his true adult self, changing his name to Hakeem Muata Oluseyi in honor--and celebration--of his African heritage.

In the tradition of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and The Other Wes Moore, A Quantum Life is an uplifting journey to the stars fueled by hope, hustle, and a hungry mind. As he charts his development as a young scientist, Oluseyi also plumbs the mysteries of the universe where potential personal outcomes are as infinite as the stars in the sky.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9781984849632
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1984849638
Kategori: Ungdomsbøger
Udg. Dato: 15 aug 2023
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 217mm
Højde: 148mm
Forlag: Random House USA Inc
Oplagsdato: 15 aug 2023
Forfatter(e): Hakeem Oluseyi, Joshua Horwitz
Forfatter(e) Hakeem Oluseyi, Joshua Horwitz

Kategori Ungdomsbøger

ISBN-13 9781984849632

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 352

Udgave

Længde 32mm

Bredde 217mm

Højde 148mm

Udg. Dato 15 aug 2023

Oplagsdato 15 aug 2023

Forlag Random House USA Inc

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