ABSTRACT

The twentieth century saw huge advances in our knowledge and

understanding of the world. For example, special and general relativity,

quantum theory, antibiotics, the structure of DNA and the Big Bang

theory are all accomplishments of this period. Yet despite this progress,

there remains, of course, a lot about which we are in the dark. In some

areas, we lack knowledge and understanding for foundational reasons.

For example, physicists currently have little idea about how to get