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The series of breakthroughs witnessed at the previous conferences erupted last summer into a full-scale revolution. Presently the foundations of physics and of all sciences are shaken by a kaleidoscopic turmoil. This is a moment at which to revisit the main theme of the conference series.
Physics cannot rest on a geometrical foundation. The fact that geometrical descriptions are available is "völlig nichtssagend" [Einstein]. Rather, we would interpret General Relativity as the "physicalisation of geometry" [Reichenbach], albeit this achievement was originally incomplete.
With the recent advent of the new paradigm, the realm of physics is dramatically expanding, superseding whole fields of inexact science. The geometrical picture that once consisted only of bare outlines is now filled in with colour, depth, texture -- life!