Book Bite #20: Can We Look to the Stars to Improve Life on Earth?

The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Education, Science

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In her debut book, “The Disordered Cosmos,” Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says that although the right to know and understand the night sky should be universal, the scientific community often limits who can learn and disseminate the story of the cosmos. Chanda, a Harvard-trained physicist, experienced that firsthand as she fought to become the first Black woman in history to receive a tenure-track appointment in theoretical cosmology. In this Book Bite, Chanda says that if we want to make the night sky truly accessible, then we need to reimagine how our society is structured here on earth. You can learn more about Chanda’s work at www.cprescodweinstein.com. And if you want to hear more Book Bites, you can download the Next Big Idea app at www.nextbigideaclub.com/app. This episode is part of a special series: “22 Book Bites to Ignite Your Curiosity in 2022.” We’ll be back with a new season of interviews in February, featuring Jill Lepore, Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Ray Dalio, David Chalmers, Paul Bloom, and a bunch of other brilliant thinkers.

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0:18.1	I'm Rufus Griskym, and this is the next big idea.
0:30.0	Welcome back to this special series we're doing 22 bookbites to ignite your curiosity in 2022.
0:49.8	If you're thinking, what's special series?
0:52.0	What's he talking about?
0:53.2	Here's the gist.
0:54.5	We've got this app.
0:55.6	It's called the next big idea.
0:57.2	And in the app, we have hundreds of these things called bookbites,
1:00.8	which are audio summaries of the very best new books created and read to you by the authors themselves.
1:06.5	We come through data from the last 12 months and found out which bookbites are users listen to the
1:11.2	most, and now we're sharing the top 22 with you.
1:15.2	Last week we heard from Heather McKee and Sarah Jaffee.
1:18.2	I highly recommend giving those a listen if you haven't already.
1:21.2	Today at number 20, we have The Disordered Cosmos, a journey into dark matter,
1:26.9	space time, and dreams deferred by Chanda Prescott Weinstein.
1:32.0	Now I've always been a big reader and I've read more books since we launched the next big idea club
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