"From the start of secondary school, young people, including both high ability and struggling readers, tend to read books that do not challenge them enough, " said Prof Topping, from Dundee University's school of education.
In Roman times only the very richest would have the ability to make such a journey: the average working lifetime simply did not contain enough income to finance such a journey.
Even if it turns out to not have too many practical applications, just the ability to see quantum mechanics work with the human eye is breathtaking enough.