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[[N. David Mermin]] wrote that Peres had bridged the "textual gap" between conceptually-oriented books, aimed at understanding what quantum physics implies about the nature of the world, and more practical books intended to teach how to apply quantum mechanics. Mermin found the book praiseworthy, noting that he had "only a few complaints". He wrote,
:Peres is careless in discriminating among the various kinds of assumptions one needs to prove the impossibility of a no-hidden-variables theory that reproduces the statistical predictions of quantum mechanics. I would guess that this is because even though he is a master practitioner of this particular art form, deep in his heart he is so firmly convinced that hidden variables cannot capture the essence of quantum mechanics, that he is simply not interested in precisely what you need to assume to ''prove'' that they cannot.<ref name="Mermin">{{Cite journal|last=Mermin|first=N. David|author-link=N. David Mermin|date=1997-03-01|title=none|journal=[[Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies
Mermin called the book "a treasure trove of novel perspectives on quantum mechanics" and said that Peres' choice of topics is "a catalogue of common omissions" from other approaches.<ref name="Mermin"/>
[[Meinhard E. Mayer]] declared that he would "recommend it to anyone teaching or studying quantum mechanics", finding Part II the most interesting of the book. While he noted some disappointment with Peres' choice of topics to include in the chapter on [[measurement in quantum mechanics|measurement]], he reserved most of his negativity for the publisher, saying (as Ballentine also did<ref name="Ballentine"/>) that they had priced the book beyond the reach of graduate students.
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