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The Forum: 20/06/2010

20/06/2010

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Is the world hurtling towards a final theory of everything ? And  what might it look like?

Is the world hurtling towards a final theory of everything ? And if so, what might it look like?

Nobel Prize winning physicist Steven Weinberg explains why he is looking for a final theory of everything and outlines what it might look like. Britain’s former top co-ordinator of intelligence Sir David Omand, discusses what limits should be set on the way governments use intelligence and surveillance to protect our liberty and privacy? And is reality subjective, or is it objective fact? The theme of a new detective novel from one of Germany’s most exciting new writers, Juli Zeh.

A detective tracking down the theory of everything to protect the state.  Illustration by Emily Kasriel.

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