The Quantum Universe

The Quantum Universe

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Brian Cox’s latest book, The Quantum Universe, which he co-wrote with Jeff Forshaw of the University of Manchester, is not a dry undergraduate text book, but nor is it a particularly easy read. The subject matter is hard. Quantum mechanics, which describes in subatomic detail a shadowy world in which cats can be simultaneously alive and dead, is notoriously difficult to grasp.