Once, when Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein were surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd, Chaplin remarked: “I am greeted because everyone understands me, and you are greeted because no one understands.” Since then, science has become even less accessible to the public. The English journalist talks about the problems that occupied physicists in the first half of the 20th century, skillfully combining a description of the human traits of the “celestials” - the authors of quantum theory - with a story about the difficult but fun science that they created. What happened? A biography of an idea that reads like a thriller. A guide to a paradoxical world. A popular science book that confuses and makes you feel almost like a genius.