Will we one day know everything? Or is some knowledge always beyond the boundaries of human understanding?

Marcus Du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, and Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science, a post previously held by Richard Dawkins, offers insight into the frontiers of scientific understanding in a keynote talk, followed by a moderated Q&A.

Drawing on stories from his latest book, What We Cannot Know: Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge, du Sautoy traverses the fringes of the known universe, and investigates how leading experts in fields from quantum physics and cosmology, to sensory perception and neuroscience, have articulated the very boundaries of understanding. He explores what might come next for our comprehension of the world as we know it.

At a time when science is often celebrated for breakthrough after breakthrough, will there be a point at which we cease being able to make new discoveries?