How To Think About The Quantum World

HOW TO THINK ABOUT THE QUANTUM WORLD From particles that exist in multiple states simultaneously to entanglement that links objects across vast distances, quantum physics reveals a far stranger reality than our everyday experience – one that leaves even experts puzzled. Does time emerge from quantum effects? What is reality? Why is the quantum world so strange? In this latest instalment of our How to Think About series, we explore the deepest layers of reality that science has uncovered. Guided by the world’s leading physicists and philosophers, we unpick the most cherished and radical ideas underlying the quantum world, confront its most perplexing mysteries and examine what it might be telling us about our universe at large. With questions including: Do we exist in a multiverse? Is there anything deeper than the quantum world? Is reality all a matter of perspective? What can quantum technologies really do for us? Will we ever have a theory of everything?