WE STAND on the threshold of one of the greatest scientific revolutions in human history. Science is undergoing a profound transformation: we are making the transition from an age of discovery to an age of mastery. This is no “end of science”, as some have claimed, but our historic transition from being passive observers of the dance of nature to becoming its active choreographers.
In a BBC4 documentary, Visions of the Future, we decided to examine three key areas where this is manifesting itself: intelligence, life and matter – the three pillars of science. Few people realise the foundations…
