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Probing the Meaning and Structure of Quantum Mechanics: Entanglement, Relations and InformationD. Aerts, M.L. Dalla Chiara, C. de Ronde and D. Krause (Eds.), World Scientific, Singapore. After more than a century since its birth, quantum mechanics continues to be an intriguing theory. Its key elements --namely, quantum superpositions and entanglement-- are being used with great success at the forefront of today?s most powerful and challenging technological innovations, such as quantum computation, quantum information, quantum sensoring and quantum cryptography. Its formalism is systematically giving rise to new multidisciplinary theoretical domains like quantum biology, quantum cognition, quantum natural language processing and quantum economics. However, regardless of this amazing productive capacity, it is still considered by the majority of the scientific community as a theory which has not been yet properly understood. It is for this reason that till today, its foundational aspects continue to raise passionate debates and discussions not only within physical, but also within philosophical, mathematical and logical circles.This book is part of a series which addresses foundational questions about quantum mechanics and its applications in an interdisciplinary manner considering simultaneously physical, philosophical, mathematical and logical perspectives and analysis. Going from philosophy of quantum mechanics to quantum logic, from categorical approaches to quantum information processing, the originality of this book resides in the multiplicity of approaches which contribute to the common aim to grasp the meaning of the theory of quanta. We believe that the advancement of such understandingwill be possible not by fragmenting the theory into smaller and smaller separated topics of research, but on the very contrary, through the common sharing and discussion of multiple perspectives coming from different fields and disciplines.As in the previous editions, the novelty of the book comes from the multiple perspectives put forward by top researchers in quantum mechanics, from Europe as well as North and South America, discussing the meaning and structure of the theory of quanta. The book comprises in a balanced manner physical, philosophical, logical and mathematical approaches to quantum mechanics and quantum information. From quantum superpositions and entanglement to dynamics and the problem of identity, from quantum logic, computation and quasi-set theory to categorical approaches and teleportation, from realism and empiricism to operationalism and instrumentalism, the book touches from different viewpoints some of the most intriguing questions about quanta. From Buenos Aires to Brussels and Cagliari, from Florence to Florianopolis, the interaction between different groups is reflected in the many articles approaching different questions and problems. This book is interesting not only to the specialists but also to the general public attempting to get a grasp on some of the most fundamental questions of present quantum physics.

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