Quantum Theory? “An important aspect of understanding of one's position is to appreciate where one came from,” explains Prince Louis de Broglie Ph.D., who wrote a thesis on quantum mechanics (Thomas 2). This is also true of modern science. Though admittedly more complex, it is possible to follow a path through the last four centuries up to the birth of modern quantum mechanics. The theory of quantum mechanics will sufficiently alter society’s views of science and life because of the possibility of multiple universes, availability of teleportation, and the realization that the universe as we know it is a small slice of a “superspace.” In the novel Timeline, by Michael C