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Kind of report: Perspective.

Draft version: 2008 Dec 05. First version: 2008 Dec 22. Last version: 2008 Dec 22, 13:02 UTC.

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This Perspective deals with the origin, present status, and future developments of a new and revolutionary approach: canonical science.

The report starts with a tribute to Joel E. Keizer, the father of the first version of canonical theory. The novelty of his theoretical work and the importance of his early attempt to unify physics, chemistry, and biology are emphasized.

Next, the main developments done in post-Keizer canonical science are presented. The fundamental differences with Keizer original thinking and the reception of the new ideas are noticed.

The new canonical theory addresses physicists' goal of unification of physics, chemistry, and biology... but it does by abandoning reductionism. The degree of unification achieved using canonical theory is compared with the notorious fiasco of string theory. This Perspective reports the recent episode when Paul Dirac's reductionist ideas about chemistry were completely wrong. The popular claims that the Periodic Table of the Elements has been reduced to quantum mechanics and that any theoretical physicist, using quantum electrodynamics, could calculate the behaviour of chemical systems are analyzed and discredited.

Moreover, this report inverts the traditional perspective and delineates how, for instance, quantum electrodynamics can be obtained from the more general canonical theory. A radical change of perspective has been witnessed in science since former physical theories are obtained, as special cases, from the new canonical approach.

The new approach is free of the so-called time paradox, modeling Nature like a world of continuous construction ruled by probabilistic laws and no longer a kind of automaton.

The report also summarizes some other important contributions to physics, chemistry, and biology. For instance, canonical science can solve the so-called biggest mistake on physics and can be also useful for applied ecologists, resource managers, and pest managers.

Finally, The science's new faith section offers readers a collection of the advantages of canonical science for (i) specialized researchers in traditional disciplines, (ii) educators, (iii) scientists working in new disciplines of complexity, (iv) engineers, (v) philosophers, (vi) students, and (vii) policy makers, funding agencies, and heads of both public and private centers and organizations.

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Canonical science: its history, goals, and future 2008: Can. Sci. Rep. 20083v1. González-Álvarez, Juan R.

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