title: The theory of everything.
abstract: We discuss recent developments in our understanding of matter, broadly construed, and their implications for contemporary research in fundamental physics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Laughlin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pines