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Second part of a conversation between guardian science editor en sample and physicist and author carlo ravelli. Carlo revelli talks to een about his own theories to explain some of the weirdness of quanto mechanics. They discuss what it means for how we should understand the world. A cat that's both dead and alive. Light that behaves as a wave or like a particle, depending on how you measure it. And enjoy spooky action at a distance.

From electrons behaving as both particles and waves to a cat in a box that’s both dead and alive, the consequences of quantum physics are decidedly weird. So strange, that over a century since its conception, scientists are still arguing about the best way to understand the theory. In the second of two episodes, Ian Sample sits down with the physicist Carlo Rovelli to discuss his ideas for explaining quantum physics, and how it affects our understanding of the world. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod