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Hakeem Oluseyi: Quantum Leaps! ​(#216)


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Hakeem Oluseyi is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, inventor, educator, science communicator, author, actor, veteran, and humanitarian. Oluseyi was named a Visiting Robinson Professor at George Mason University in 2021, a distinction by which the university recognizes outstanding faculty.

In 2021, he published an autobiography titled: A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars co-authored with Joshua Horwitz.

His best known scientific contributions are research on the transfer of mass and energy through the Sun's atmosphere; the development of space-borne observatories for studying astrophysical plasmas and dark energy; and the development of transformative technologies in ultraviolet optics, detectors, computer chips, and ion propulsion.

Hakeem Is the president elect of the National Society of Black Physicists: https://nsbp.org/page/officers


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  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:03:58 Judging the Book By Its' Cover
  • 00:08:47 Why study the sun? It's so close! What makes observing it so diificult?
  • 00:12:04 Hakeem's first space shot
  • 00:17:26 Competition in Science - Hakeem V SOHO
  • 00:20:41 The world of cutthroat competition in science!
  • 00:30:12 The moral obligation for public science communication.
  • 00:36:07 Art Walker and the importance of mentorship. Pioneering Black scientists.
  • 00:49:47 About drugs and Hakeem's upbringing.
  • 01:01:38 Would you change anything in your past if you could?
  • 01:03:46 What would you put in a time capsule that would last a billion years?

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