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Seven wonders of the quantum world

Quantum physics delights in demolishing our intuitions – here are seven of its most intriguing paradoxes, from bomb detectors to supersolids
Weirdest of the weird
Weirdest of the weird
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From undead cats to particles popping up out of nowhere, from watched pots not boiling – sometimes – to ghostly influences at a distance, quantum physics delights in demolishing our intuitions about how the world works. Michael Brooks tours the quantum effects that are guaranteed to boggle our minds.

1. Corpuscles and buckyballs

2. The Hamlet effect

3. Something for nothing

4. The Elitzur-Vaidman bomb tester

5. Spooky action at a distance

6. The field that isn’t there

7. Superfluids and supersolids

And finally: Nobody understands

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