Theoretical physicist and New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein takes a deep dive into particle physics in her new book The Edge of Space-Time. She joined the New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ Book Club to talk about the weirdness of the quantum world, why she included so much poetry in her book – and why the importance of physics shouldn’t be filtered through its contribution to the economy.

Could a “demon” break one of the most fundamental laws of physics? Maxwell’s demon has puzzled physicists for more than 150 years. What began as a thought experiment about heat and entropy is now part of our understanding of information, computation and the laws of thermodynamics. Physicist John Goold explains the paradox and what the demon reveals about the relationship between entropy, measurement and the quantum world.