BenchTalk | Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on Cosmology & Black Feminist Science (KAS) | Dec. 27, 2021

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This year's keynote speaker at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Kentucky Academy of Science was astrophysicist, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein of the University of New Hampshire. She recently published the book 'Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred'. Here, she discusses cosmology, as well as black feminism and the sciences.

To watch her entire talk visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYs8z4M7nh8&t=150s. To see her biography: https://www.kyscience.org/2021_keynote_speakers.php

The clip on dark energy is from this public domain NASA video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Wc2boxdYE

Her new book is: https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/chanda-prescod-weinstein/the-disordered-cosmos/9781541724709/

Public domain music is by Scott Holmes 'Positive and Fun' from freemusicarchive.com.

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