Here, the BBC's science editor David Shukman profiles Peter Higgs, the notoriously shy Nobel Prize-winning physicist, who pioneered a theory to explain the very fabric of our Universe.
Its adherents have revealed what lies at the farthest reaches of the universe, shed light on the smallest scales of existence, and explained how the fabric of reality emerges.
Just like notes go together to form music, words go together to form comprehensible language, atoms go together to form molecules, numbers go together to form equations that can explain everything -- the fabric of my core became clear in the perfect harmony and luminous quality of the Greek landscape -- where Gods and Humans co-exist in the same playground.
Backstage, Mr. Pilati tried to explain the choices of different fabrics — which included his sleek take on leather and the summer cottons.
As early as the 1970s, three large theories had emerged to explain the weakening of the social fabric.
"It's part of the fabric of the island", explain Dusky.
"It's part of the fabric of the island", explain Bicep.
But people can be very good at creating coping techniques, weaving avoidance tactics into the fabric of their lives, explains Dr Norris: "I have known people who fear certain weather conditions who are better at reading a meteorological chart than Michael Fish".
As broad as Mr. Mellers's canvas was, the unifying current that ran through his writing was a sense that he considered music of all kinds crucial to the fabric of society, and worth explaining in depth.
"When he left us, it felt as if a crucial thread had been pulled from the fabric of our home," Wilbur explained to The Huffington Post.
