There have been several books recently that describe the saga of twentieth century quantum physics, culminating in the realisation that entangelement is a real thing that has consequences. My favourite is "The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics Was Reborn" by Louisa Gilder. It's a fun book.

The history is fascinating. I'm waiting for a book that describes the deeper sociological aspect. A book with attitude. For instance, several of the founders of quantum physics had mystico-philosophical things to say about the quantum. But all of this was thrown out the window with the advent of the second world war. Physics became overrun by calculations. It took quite a while for people to get around to thinking about entanglement again. John Bell struggled for decades to get people to notice his work on this. Even the guy that invented the laser was met with stern disbelief when he presented his results to the "elders". Partly this is science just doing its thing, but there also does seem to be a history of science being dragged, kicking and screaming. Especially with quantum physics.