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"A QUANTUM LIFE"
Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi shares his journey from living in poverty to becoming a world-renowned astrophysicist. His path did not come easy, as he confronted his own personal demons as well as the entrenched racism and classism in the scientific establishment. Dr. Oluseyi’s memoir is called “A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars,” and he joins us tonight.
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