Eur. Phys. J. C (2009) 59: 185-196
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0717-0

Review

Anticipating a new Golden Age

Center for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

^* e-mail: wilczek@mit.edu

Received: 29 February 2008
Published online: 12 September 2008

Abstract

The standard model of fundamental interactions is remarkably successful, but it leaves an unfinished agenda. Several major questions seem ripe for exploration in the near future. I anticipate that the coming decade will be a Golden Age of discovery in fundamental physics.