To the readers
prolog

Part 1: The Boy from the Slums
Part 2: Growing Up in Mississippi
Part 3 Historical Blacks in Universities
Part 4: Stanford Starman

Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Translator's Note

A gangster physicist who traveled across the multiverse
“Of all the things I have observed, the closest thing to infinity is hope.”

In the microscopic world, there is a phenomenon called quantum tunneling.
It is a phenomenon in which particles in the microscopic world break through a wall that they could never pass through in the macroscopic world.
Particles in the microscopic world can also behave like waves, and thanks to this property, if there is even a small probability, that is, if the probability is not zero, the particle can surprisingly pass through a wall.
Hakim Olusei's life was like a particle that bounced hard against a new wall, but eventually managed to pass through it.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he practically grew up in a car during his childhood.
Born in New Orleans, USA, he left when he was four and lived in various slums. If he wanted to make friends, he had to move to a new neighborhood, and upon arriving in a new neighborhood, he had to go through a ceremony.
He literally had to get stronger and act more rough on purpose to survive.
Moreover, the grinding poverty dragged his life down to the bottom.
His family manufactured and sold drugs to make a living, and he also had a hard time escaping the world of drugs.

But in his heart there was always a pure curiosity and love for science.
He was a bookworm who read anything he could find around him, and he was a “professor” who answered all the questions of those around him.
His thirst for knowledge led him to read the entire 22-volume encyclopedia from beginning to end without missing a single entry.
What particularly fascinated him was Einstein's theory of relativity, which he learned about while reading an encyclopedia.
He experimented with the theory of relativity himself by riding a skateboard in the dark of night, and in high school, he even created a computer game demonstrating the theory of relativity, winning a grand prize at a science fair.
His love and dedication to science eventually led him to Stanford University's graduate school of physics, where he joined the research team of Arthur Walker, a world-class black solar physicist.
Still, his precarious double life continued, as he roamed the back alleys of eastern Palo Alto at night, searching for drugs.
Finally, after barely surviving the threat of gangsters pointing guns at his head, he decides to return to the people who have always believed in him and silently supported him.

There seems to be an impenetrable wall between the lives of slum dwellers, who navigate poverty, violence, drugs, and other crises, and the lives of astrophysicists, who design and launch cutting-edge rockets and telescopes into space to study the sun.
But Hakim Olusei's life speaks clearly to us.
Even if the probability of passing through the wall is very small, if the probability of passing through the wall is not zero, then no matter how solid the wall is, it can be passed through.
Our fate is never set in stone, and life is a world of countless possibilities, guided by these quantum mechanical principles.
The book's story concludes with him, having successfully graduated from Stanford University, taking on the task of training young South African scientists in a similar position.
At this time, he once again believed in the possibility of the future, and his assertion, “Of all the things I have observed, the closest thing to infinity is hope,” resonates deeply with us and leaves a deep impression on us.