Science, of course, has no brief to be useful, but many of the technological and social changes that have revolutionized our lives have arisen out of fundamental research carried out by modern-day explorers whose only motivation is to better understand the world around them. These curiosity-led voyages of discovery across all scientific disciplines have delivered increased life expectancy, intercontinental air travel, modern telecommunications, freedom from the drudgery of subsistence farming and a sweeping, inspiring and humbling vision of our place within an infinite sea of stars. But these are all in a sense spin-offs. We explore because we are curious, not because we wish to develop grand views of reality or better widgets.

Isn’t that beautiful?

Excerpt from the book:

“The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen” by Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw

My notes: I really enjoyed this book because it acted like a “revision” of everything related to quantum mechanics that I have been consuming over the last year. Somehow, the way the topics are introduced and the use of examples and analogies helped to solidify information I had already been exposed to into something that I can actually understand.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5