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What is much more recent, perhaps slightly less than 50 years old, thanks to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Simons_(mathematician) Jim Simons] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Chen-Ning C. N. Yang], is the knowledge that the classical theory underneath [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_field_theory Quantum Field Theory] is in fact a different form of geometry, known as Erismanian geometry, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_bundle Fiber Bundle Geometry], Gauge Theory, or Steinrod Geometry, whatever you want to call it. So the idea that geometry is the birthplace of fundamental physics, I think is now generally understood by all practicing theoretical physicists functioning at the top level.