?One of the best guides yet to the central conundrums of modern physics.??John Banville Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you weren?t shocked by quantum theory, you didn?t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written account of this fundamental scientif...