A Hundred Years of Unspoken: Quantum Mechanics for Everyone in 25 Essays

At the dawn of the second quantum century, physicist Alexei Semikhatov offers a coherent presentation of the current state of quantum mechanics. What are the fundamental features of the quantum world and at what cost can they be reconciled with... intuition? What rules govern the evolution of quantum systems over time and how do probabilities interfere in this evolution? How do various interpretations of quantum mechanics lead us to deeply philosophical conclusions about the possible structure of reality - from parallel universes to breaks in perception? And how does the familiar reality arise from the alien quantum one? It turns out that quantum mechanics can be seriously discussed in an understandable language, and discussing its complex aspects only makes this conversation more interesting.