The rabbit hole gets wrestled here. An old school saying applies: the more you know the more
you don’t know. Dance along this read into the unknown and find out that this book may be the
best ever answer to ‘What is soul?'—Chuck D rapper and co-founder of Public Enemy*Starred
Reviews* from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly!Named a Best Book of 2021 by Library Journal Kirkus
and symmetry MagazineIn this important guide to science and society a cosmologist argues that
physics must embrace the excluded listen to the unheard and be unafraid of being wrong. Years
ago cosmologist Stephon Alexander received life-changing advice: to discover real physics he
needed to stop memorizing and start taking risks. In Fear of a Black Universe Alexander shows
that great physics requires us to think outside the mainstream -- to improvise and rely on
intuition. His approach leads him to three principles that shape all theories of the universe:
the principle of invariance the quantum principle and the principle of emergence. Alexander
uses them to explore some of physics' greatest mysteries from what happened before the big
bang to how the universe makes consciousness possible. Drawing on his experience as a Black
physicist he makes a powerful case for diversifying our scientific communities. Compelling and
empowering Fear of a Black Universe offers remarkable insight into the art of physics.
