Orzel, author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, explores how quantum connects with everyday reality, and offers engaging, layperson-level explanations of the mind-bending ideas central to modern physics.-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction -- Sunrise : the fundamental interactions -- The heating element : Planck's desperate trick -- Digital photos : the patent clerk's heuristic -- The alarm clock : the football player's atom -- The internet : a solution in search of a problem -- The sense of smell : chemistry by exclusion -- Solid objects : the energy of uncertainty -- Computer chips : the internet is for Schrödinger's cats -- Magnets : how the h*ck do they work? -- Smoke detector : Mr. Gamow's escape -- Encryption : a final brilliant mistake -- Conclusion.