21 Impossible Things - Quantum Physics and Relativity for Everyone

What if the moon disappeared when no one was looking at it?
What if time worked differently for each of us?
What if things you could touch were made out of ideas?
What if a decision you made now changed history 10 billion years ago?
What if experiments showed that another dimension exists?
Quantum physics and relativity, two of the most important advances in modern science, are normally presented as a series of technical discoveries in 20th century Europe.
 
Yet this brief, easy-to-read volume shows how they were underpinned by centuries of observations about the nature of reality from the great philosophies and faiths of humanity, from China to India to the Middle East.
 
At each stage, the people involved found themselves saying: "That's impossible! That makes no sense. And yet..."
 
Contents:
Reality is Not What It Seems to Be
Seeing What Isn't There
A World of Dust
Reality is a Complicated Place
Stepping Beyond Reality
An Invisible Dimension Exists
A Football in Place
The Mysteriously Heavy Feather
Keeping Body and Soul Together
You Can Move an Elephant
Invisible Hands, Everywhere
Is This the Real Life?
The Time Traveller
Time for a Change
A Ripple in Reality
A World Made of Nothing
Reality Disappears
The Mystery of Free Will
The Most Famous Cat in Science
The Cursed Scientist
Twins Who are a Universe Apart
Epilogue: The Journey is Just Beginning
Bonus Tale: The Do-lt-Yourself Universe
 
Softcover
Pages: 204
Readership: Teenagers between 13–18 years old, anyone young or old interested in learning stories about quantum physics.