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Author:

Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata), author.

Title:

A quantum life : my unlikely journey from the street to the stars / Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Delacorte Pressan imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xiii, 333 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Oluseyi, Hakeem M.--(Hakeem Muata)--Juvenile literature.
Astrophysicists--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American scientists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Astrophysicists.
Scientists.
African Americans--Biography.
Autobiographies.

Other Authors:

Horwitz, Joshua, author.

Notes:

"Originally published in hardcover by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2021" -- Title page verso.

Summary:

"Renowned American astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi's (born James Plummer) coming-of-age memoir, from young boy to graduate-school student, charts the remarkable resilience of a boy who was offered few chances to succeed, but fought hard to achieve his dream"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1984849646
9781984849649
1984849638
9781984849632 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1381679446

LCCN:

2022054829

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)