A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults): My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars

A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults): My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the StarsA NASA astrophysicist narrates his improbable journey from an impoverished childhood and an adolescence mired in drugs and crime to the nation's top physics PhD program at Stanford in this inspiring coming of age memoir. Born into extreme poverty and emotional deprivation, James Edward Plummer was blessed with a genius I. Q. and a love of science. But in his community, a young bookworm quickly becomes a target for violence and abuse. As he struggles

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Winner of the Western Writers of America “SPUR Award” and the Western Association of Women Historians “Gita Chaudhuri Prize”

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