About the book: 2012 / Marcus Chown is a British scientist, journalist and writer, one of the best popularizers of science today. Few people know how to talk about the most complex scientific concepts, be it the principles of quantum mechanics or cosmological concepts, as he does - simply, clearly, with a touch of humor. with the world of modern physics: he takes the most ordinary things and phenomena and makes them tell about the secrets of the universe, about the mysteries of the micro- and macro-world. Under the pen of Marcus Chown, ordinary window glass tells about the probabilities that govern the Universe. A drop of blood on the finger left after an injection shares impressions of the processes occurring in the depths of the stars. And an ordinary light bulb and floorboards underfoot turn into paradoxical, mysterious objects that, it turns out, should not exist in principle! Marcus Chown (b. 1959) is a former radio astronomer who successfully worked at the California Institute of Technology; now a regular contributor to New Scientist magazine, television and radio presenter, popularizer of science.