T.O.E. stands for Theory Of Everything – a single all-encompassing theoretical framework that is able to explain and link together all the physical aspects of the universe, from the atomic scale to galaxies.
The search for a T.O.E. has been most notable in theoretical physics, which must make do with two different explanatory schemes – general relativity to describe the cosmological structure of the universe and quantum theory to handle subatomic structures.
It would be handy to have one theory that explains the large and the small – and not only for physicists. In the early 20th century, avant-garde artists were also searching for a way out of the chaos and meaninglessness of modern life. They were searching for a T.O.E.
Rudolf Laban found meaning in movement. Find out more in the next blog.