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Quantum theory is extraordinarily successful, has never made a false prediction, and one-third of the US economy depends on products based on it. It also tells us some very weird things. It claims that physical reality is created by observation. Until something has been observed, it is not real. And it also says that something that occurs in one place can instantaneously influence something a long way away, without there being any physical force involved.

Fred Kuttner and Bruce Rosenblum worked together at the University of California, Santa Cruz, with a shared interest in explaining the profound mysteries of quantum theory. They published Quantum Enigma in 2011, with the aim of setting out the accepted explanation of quantum theory in an accessible way.

This book is a summary of Quantum Enigma. It largely follows the structure of the chapters of the original, and finishes with a brief conclusion. This summary is unofficial, and has not been endorsed by the authors. Interested readers are encouraged to pick up the original bookand to visit the www.quantumenigma.com website.

Summary: Quantum Enigma is the first book in the Summary series. Each book in the series summarises an important work in an approachable way, in around a tenth (or less) of the words of the original.

100% of the profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), which is rated as one of the most effective charities in the world (www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities). SCI works with governments in sub-Saharan Africa to create or scale up programmes that treat schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (neglected tropical diseases that can have an impact on children's long-term development).