BOOKS

The Disordered Cosmos

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Hachette £20 • HB

Dr Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s debut book is two things: a journey into the world of cosmology and particle physics, and a refreshingly eyeopening insight into the too-often exclusionary arena that is science.

The book’s main premise is that physics doesn’t just affect us all as a society, but it taps into our natural desire to learn and understand; and yet one group for many centuries, and even to this day, has deemed itself worthy to tap into that knowledge above others. If physics is for everyone, then where is the justification to gate-keep?

There are parts of that read a bit like a popular science book, but the perspective is refreshingly different. It’s not often