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'...it does provide a fresh perspective on the debate.' -- Press Association '...the most important popular science book of the year.' -- Bookseller 'A dramatic, powerful and superbly written history.' -- Publishing News 'This is not an easy read. There are many concepts that... I could not come to terms with, but this is the biography on an idea and as such read much like a thriller.' -- Ham & High 'Quantum is a fascinating, powerful and brilliantly written book that shows one of the most important theories of modern science in the making and discusses its implications for our ideas about the fundamental nature of the world and human knowledge, while presenting intimate and insightful portraits of people who made the science. Highly recommended.' -- Bookbag Quantum' is an interesting and informative read.' -- Physics World 'That science is a many-splendored, sexy thing is the radiating message that comes out of this fabulous book...a pulsating narrative' -- Hindustan Times

'A super-collider of a book - probably the most lucid and detailed intellectual history [of this subject] ever written' Independent

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Manjit Kumar is a science journalist and author who has written and reviewed for most major British newspapers.

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