Are there ‘general principles’ that encompass all sciences, which have explanatory strength from physics to biology? Could such general principles even explain actions and activities beyond the physical and biological sciences, such as in psychology, sociology and economics? What would such commonalities mean about our world and about us?
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Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He served as Astronomer Royal and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Rees was President of the Royal Society.
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