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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. However, this work is not a visit to an archaeological museum, but a deep and daring incursion in the science of tomorrow.

Canonical theory yields the first unified framework for physical, chemical, biological, and other processes. A radical change of perspective has been witnessed in science since the degree of unification achieved using canonical theory is not to be found in any other theory. The contributions to physics, chemistry, and biology are valuable.

The new approach is free of the so-called time paradox. In the light of recent advances, Nature is a world of continuous construction ruled by probabilistic laws and no longer a kind of automaton. The free will problem is solved and this opens new perspectives for a scientific conception of humanity.

The report also includes 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.

I believe that the term The science's new faith –coined by Patricia Iglesias Peréz– describes the new approach in an elegant and concise way.

It is difficult to summarize the reactions of my colleagues to this revolutionary approach but a heterogeneous sample would help readers to understand its importance. Physicists as Ronald Forrest Fox wrote about the first work on the new canonical theory:

I like your approach, both the extension of Keizer's work and the use of effective parameters.

The renowned Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine (external link), who for decades searched an unified solution to some of the more difficult open problems in physics and chemistry, offered his collaboration already at early states of canonical research program. Prigogine discovered the true difficulty of this program in more latter stages, when recognized:

The questions you ask are very difficult.

At the other hand, mathematicians as Prof. Elemer Elad Rosinger emphasized the deep nature of the scientific inquiries:

It is nice to see that, indeed, you belong to those "rara avis" of deeply thinking physicists.

The Prof. Eric R. Scerri just invited me the last day 12 of December to give a talk on the subject at the next Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philladelphia because it would be of great interest to us.

The Perspective may be downloaded from Canonical science: its history, goals, and future.