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<\/a><\/p>\nThey called him \u201cThe Professor\u201d because by the time he was ten years old, he was reading every book he could get his hands on. \u00a0In sixth grade, he scored 162 on an I.Q. test. But, by the time he was in his teens, the certified genius was smoking, dealing weed, and carrying a gun for protection. \u201cIf anyone had told me I\u2019d grow up to an actual professor at MIT, UC Berkeley, and the University of Cape Town, I wouldn\u2019t have believed them,\u201d writes Hakeem Oluseyi, an African- American astrophysicist, in his inspiring memoir \u201cA Quantum Life,\u201d which chronicles his improbable journey, from the street to the stars.<\/h3>\n\u00a0In his 1970s boyhood, Oluseyi was James Plummer Jr., the son of divorced parents. Frequently uprooted, he learned to survived in some of America\u2019s toughest urban neighborhoods. He lived in rural Mississippi, a poor, southern state, where older people addressed white people, including children, as \u201cyes ma\u2019am, yes sir.\u201d\u00a0 The state had some of the worst-performing public schools in the entire nation, which meant he was mostly self-taught.\u00a0 Even when he was young, he realized you could be smart and ignorant at the same time as people in his family were. They did not lack in intelligence, but were ignorant because they hardly read books except for the Bible. Oluseyi loved books. \u201cAlbert Einstein and I would have been friends,\u201d the loner recalls thinking, when he read about the scientist in an encyclopedia.\u00a0 Einstein too was a book smart boy, who was told to \u201cstop staring into space.\u201d<\/h3>\nIn Mississippi, the schoolboy\u00a0 learned complex scientific concepts on his own. A music teacher made him a tuba player just to keep him out of trouble. As a high schooler, Oluseyi taught himself programming and coded concepts of Einstein\u2019s relativity theory into a game and won first place in physics in the Mississippi State Science Fair.<\/h3>\nTo fund his college education, he joined the navy, where he could train to be a nuclear engineer, but after two years, he was diagnosed with atopic dermatitis, which barred him from serving on ships. An old friend encouraged him to enroll in Tougaloo College in Mississippi. The two of them sold drugs on campus and dropped out, but Oluseyi reenrolled.<\/h3>\nThis time, David Teal, a white, Harvard-educated professor in the historically black college, took personal interest in the gifted student. He urged Oluseyi to attend a meeting of African American physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The experience felt unreal, Oluseyi writes, like an \u201calien abduction,\u201d but it gave him a clear goal \u2014 apply to graduate programs.<\/h3>\n\u201cEvery year,\u201d he writes, \u201cthe Stanford physics department took in one student like me \u2013 a diversity admission who wasn\u2019t at the same level of academic preparation as the rest of the class.\u201d It would take a lot more than hard work to earn this PhD, but he was up for the challenge (and changed his name to mark his transforming life).<\/h3>\nBesides, his doctoral advisor was Arthur Walker. The accomplished astrophysicist, whose innovative telescopes allowed scientists unprecedented views of the sun, had mentored minority students of all stripes. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, was his first doctoral student. \u201cIn the world of physics,\u201d Walker once told Oluseyi, \u201csome still believed that while Black scientists might be able to build ingenious gadgets, they weren\u2019t intellectually or mathematically gifted enough to make insights into the workings of nature \u2013 either in pure physics or in the analyses of data and observations.\u201d<\/h3>\nWhile Walker got credit for developing novel technology to study the sun, doubters said he had few pure science publications to his name. Before Walker died of cancer in 2001, Oluseyi worked with his ailing mentor to seal his scientific legacy. Today, Oluseyi is one of few black astrophysicists worldwide,\u00a0but he has been working to change that<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\u00a0This vivid memoir, the stuff of a Hollywood biopic, is filled with dramatic moments. Yes, it is the story of one exceptional African American scientist, but the account can also offer hope to anyone with ambition and ability, to rise above their difficult circumstances.<\/h3>\nA version of this review appears in the\u00a0New Scientist<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\nP.S. In the desperate pre-vaccine days of this Covid-19 pandemic, I could not bear to read books with sad endings. But this memoir was like the stuff of a Hollywood film.<\/h3>\nA poor African American boy with an I.Q. of 162 , the son of divorced parents, attends inner city schools in different states and given the circumstances of his life seems destined to end up\u00a0 in some sort of drug-related violence. Somehow, things work out and he manages to live up to his intellectual potential.\u00a0<\/h3>\nIt is a great story but why does anyone relive their painful past in a bare-it-all memoir? To marvel at the distance they\u2019d traveled, but they can do that inside their own heads. 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In Mississippi, the schoolboy\u00a0 learned complex scientific concepts on his own. A music teacher made him a tuba player just to keep him out of trouble. As a high schooler, Oluseyi taught himself programming and coded concepts of Einstein\u2019s relativity theory into a game and won first place in physics in the Mississippi State Science Fair.<\/h3>\nTo fund his college education, he joined the navy, where he could train to be a nuclear engineer, but after two years, he was diagnosed with atopic dermatitis, which barred him from serving on ships. An old friend encouraged him to enroll in Tougaloo College in Mississippi. The two of them sold drugs on campus and dropped out, but Oluseyi reenrolled.<\/h3>\nThis time, David Teal, a white, Harvard-educated professor in the historically black college, took personal interest in the gifted student. He urged Oluseyi to attend a meeting of African American physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The experience felt unreal, Oluseyi writes, like an \u201calien abduction,\u201d but it gave him a clear goal \u2014 apply to graduate programs.<\/h3>\n\u201cEvery year,\u201d he writes, \u201cthe Stanford physics department took in one student like me \u2013 a diversity admission who wasn\u2019t at the same level of academic preparation as the rest of the class.\u201d It would take a lot more than hard work to earn this PhD, but he was up for the challenge (and changed his name to mark his transforming life).<\/h3>\nBesides, his doctoral advisor was Arthur Walker. The accomplished astrophysicist, whose innovative telescopes allowed scientists unprecedented views of the sun, had mentored minority students of all stripes. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, was his first doctoral student. \u201cIn the world of physics,\u201d Walker once told Oluseyi, \u201csome still believed that while Black scientists might be able to build ingenious gadgets, they weren\u2019t intellectually or mathematically gifted enough to make insights into the workings of nature \u2013 either in pure physics or in the analyses of data and observations.\u201d<\/h3>\nWhile Walker got credit for developing novel technology to study the sun, doubters said he had few pure science publications to his name. Before Walker died of cancer in 2001, Oluseyi worked with his ailing mentor to seal his scientific legacy. Today, Oluseyi is one of few black astrophysicists worldwide,\u00a0but he has been working to change that<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\u00a0This vivid memoir, the stuff of a Hollywood biopic, is filled with dramatic moments. Yes, it is the story of one exceptional African American scientist, but the account can also offer hope to anyone with ambition and ability, to rise above their difficult circumstances.<\/h3>\nA version of this review appears in the\u00a0New Scientist<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\nP.S. In the desperate pre-vaccine days of this Covid-19 pandemic, I could not bear to read books with sad endings. But this memoir was like the stuff of a Hollywood film.<\/h3>\nA poor African American boy with an I.Q. of 162 , the son of divorced parents, attends inner city schools in different states and given the circumstances of his life seems destined to end up\u00a0 in some sort of drug-related violence. Somehow, things work out and he manages to live up to his intellectual potential.\u00a0<\/h3>\nIt is a great story but why does anyone relive their painful past in a bare-it-all memoir? To marvel at the distance they\u2019d traveled, but they can do that inside their own heads. Mostly, they put down their memories on paper for others \u2014 people with ambition and ability \u2014 who are now struggling in similar circumstances. To tell them that with hard work and some luck, they too can overcome their difficulties and get somewhere. To offer all of us, that vital bit of hope. As a genuine gift to the rest of us.\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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This time, David Teal, a white, Harvard-educated professor in the historically black college, took personal interest in the gifted student. He urged Oluseyi to attend a meeting of African American physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The experience felt unreal, Oluseyi writes, like an \u201calien abduction,\u201d but it gave him a clear goal \u2014 apply to graduate programs.<\/h3>\n\u201cEvery year,\u201d he writes, \u201cthe Stanford physics department took in one student like me \u2013 a diversity admission who wasn\u2019t at the same level of academic preparation as the rest of the class.\u201d It would take a lot more than hard work to earn this PhD, but he was up for the challenge (and changed his name to mark his transforming life).<\/h3>\nBesides, his doctoral advisor was Arthur Walker. The accomplished astrophysicist, whose innovative telescopes allowed scientists unprecedented views of the sun, had mentored minority students of all stripes. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, was his first doctoral student. \u201cIn the world of physics,\u201d Walker once told Oluseyi, \u201csome still believed that while Black scientists might be able to build ingenious gadgets, they weren\u2019t intellectually or mathematically gifted enough to make insights into the workings of nature \u2013 either in pure physics or in the analyses of data and observations.\u201d<\/h3>\nWhile Walker got credit for developing novel technology to study the sun, doubters said he had few pure science publications to his name. Before Walker died of cancer in 2001, Oluseyi worked with his ailing mentor to seal his scientific legacy. Today, Oluseyi is one of few black astrophysicists worldwide,\u00a0but he has been working to change that<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\u00a0This vivid memoir, the stuff of a Hollywood biopic, is filled with dramatic moments. Yes, it is the story of one exceptional African American scientist, but the account can also offer hope to anyone with ambition and ability, to rise above their difficult circumstances.<\/h3>\nA version of this review appears in the\u00a0New Scientist<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\nP.S. In the desperate pre-vaccine days of this Covid-19 pandemic, I could not bear to read books with sad endings. But this memoir was like the stuff of a Hollywood film.<\/h3>\nA poor African American boy with an I.Q. of 162 , the son of divorced parents, attends inner city schools in different states and given the circumstances of his life seems destined to end up\u00a0 in some sort of drug-related violence. Somehow, things work out and he manages to live up to his intellectual potential.\u00a0<\/h3>\nIt is a great story but why does anyone relive their painful past in a bare-it-all memoir? To marvel at the distance they\u2019d traveled, but they can do that inside their own heads. Mostly, they put down their memories on paper for others \u2014 people with ambition and ability \u2014 who are now struggling in similar circumstances. To tell them that with hard work and some luck, they too can overcome their difficulties and get somewhere. To offer all of us, that vital bit of hope. As a genuine gift to the rest of us.\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Besides, his doctoral advisor was Arthur Walker. The accomplished astrophysicist, whose innovative telescopes allowed scientists unprecedented views of the sun, had mentored minority students of all stripes. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, was his first doctoral student. \u201cIn the world of physics,\u201d Walker once told Oluseyi, \u201csome still believed that while Black scientists might be able to build ingenious gadgets, they weren\u2019t intellectually or mathematically gifted enough to make insights into the workings of nature \u2013 either in pure physics or in the analyses of data and observations.\u201d<\/h3>\nWhile Walker got credit for developing novel technology to study the sun, doubters said he had few pure science publications to his name. Before Walker died of cancer in 2001, Oluseyi worked with his ailing mentor to seal his scientific legacy. Today, Oluseyi is one of few black astrophysicists worldwide,\u00a0but he has been working to change that<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\u00a0This vivid memoir, the stuff of a Hollywood biopic, is filled with dramatic moments. Yes, it is the story of one exceptional African American scientist, but the account can also offer hope to anyone with ambition and ability, to rise above their difficult circumstances.<\/h3>\nA version of this review appears in the\u00a0New Scientist<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\nP.S. In the desperate pre-vaccine days of this Covid-19 pandemic, I could not bear to read books with sad endings. But this memoir was like the stuff of a Hollywood film.<\/h3>\nA poor African American boy with an I.Q. of 162 , the son of divorced parents, attends inner city schools in different states and given the circumstances of his life seems destined to end up\u00a0 in some sort of drug-related violence. Somehow, things work out and he manages to live up to his intellectual potential.\u00a0<\/h3>\nIt is a great story but why does anyone relive their painful past in a bare-it-all memoir? To marvel at the distance they\u2019d traveled, but they can do that inside their own heads. Mostly, they put down their memories on paper for others \u2014 people with ambition and ability \u2014 who are now struggling in similar circumstances. To tell them that with hard work and some luck, they too can overcome their difficulties and get somewhere. To offer all of us, that vital bit of hope. As a genuine gift to the rest of us.\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0This vivid memoir, the stuff of a Hollywood biopic, is filled with dramatic moments. Yes, it is the story of one exceptional African American scientist, but the account can also offer hope to anyone with ambition and ability, to rise above their difficult circumstances.<\/h3>\nA version of this review appears in the\u00a0New Scientist<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\nP.S. In the desperate pre-vaccine days of this Covid-19 pandemic, I could not bear to read books with sad endings. But this memoir was like the stuff of a Hollywood film.<\/h3>\nA poor African American boy with an I.Q. of 162 , the son of divorced parents, attends inner city schools in different states and given the circumstances of his life seems destined to end up\u00a0 in some sort of drug-related violence. Somehow, things work out and he manages to live up to his intellectual potential.\u00a0<\/h3>\nIt is a great story but why does anyone relive their painful past in a bare-it-all memoir? To marvel at the distance they\u2019d traveled, but they can do that inside their own heads. Mostly, they put down their memories on paper for others \u2014 people with ambition and ability \u2014 who are now struggling in similar circumstances. To tell them that with hard work and some luck, they too can overcome their difficulties and get somewhere. To offer all of us, that vital bit of hope. As a genuine gift to the rest of us.\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nP.S. In the desperate pre-vaccine days of this Covid-19 pandemic, I could not bear to read books with sad endings. But this memoir was like the stuff of a Hollywood film.<\/h3>\n
A poor African American boy with an I.Q. of 162 , the son of divorced parents, attends inner city schools in different states and given the circumstances of his life seems destined to end up\u00a0 in some sort of drug-related violence. Somehow, things work out and he manages to live up to his intellectual potential.\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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