Three centuries ago
the great English scientist Sir wrote
"I seem to have been only like a boy playing at the sea shore.."
"..while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
Today once again we are like children playing on the seashore
But the great ocean of truth is no longer undiscovered
We have unlocked the secrets of matter, the atom,
we have unraveled the molecule of life - DNA,
and we have created a form of artificial intelligence - the computer.
The discovery of the fundamental laws of nature in the 20th century
will open up unparalleled possibilities for the 21st.