{"product_id":"9781541604223","title":"Fear of a Black Universe","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this “captivating” (\u003ci\u003eSky + Telescope\u003c\/i\u003e) book, a top cosmologist argues that physics must embrace the excluded and listen to the unheard \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When asked by legendary theoretical physicist Christopher Isham why he had attended graduate school, cosmologist Stephon Alexander answered: \"To become a better physicist.\" As a young student, he could hardly have anticipated Isham's response: \"Then stop reading those physics books.\" Instead, Isham said, Alexander should start listening to his dreams. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is only the first of the many lessons in Fear of a Black Universe. As Alexander explains, greatness in physics requires transgression, a willingness to reject conventional expectations. He shows why progress happens when some physicists come to think outside the mainstream, and why, as in great jazz, great physics requires a willingness to make things up as one goes along. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Compelling and necessary, Fear of a Black Universe offers us remarkable insight into the art of physics and empowers us all to think big. ","brand":"Stephon Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Basic Books |  Paperback \/ softback  |  2023-09-05","offer_id":44229843779839,"sku":"9781541604223","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bc9c5973-a32f-4fe4-aac4-b47d2828a9a8.jpg?v=1692985024","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781541604223","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}