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 a
byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet 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 scientific revolution. But his centre piece is the conflict between
Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science. A close
look at the golden age of physics, the brilliant young mind satits centre and
how an idea ignited the greatest