Six Impossibilities: Puzzles of the Quantum World

Quantum physics is a very strange thing. It claims that a single particle can be in two places at once. Moreover, a particle is also a wave, and everything that happens in the quantum world can be represented as the interaction of waves—or particles, if you prefer.
This was understood by the end of the 1920s. During this time, quite a few different more or less convincing interpretations were tried out. The well-known science popularizer John Gribbin takes us on an exciting journey through the "big six" of such explanations, from the Copenhagen interpretation to the idea of multiple worlds.
All these options are mad to varying degrees, but in the quantum world, madness is not equivalent to falsehood, and being crazier than others does not necessarily mean being more incorrect. "Six Impossibilities" is a remarkably concise guide to a truly amazing world.