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Night Waves: Undercurrents debates whether science today has become too powerful. Should we be mindful of "science fiction" as well as "science fact?" And are science and the arts closer to each other than anyone has imagined, because they both are about creativity and fiction?

Joining the debate will be Norman Levitt, Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University who believes that science is objective truth and the key to democracy; the practising Christian thinker Philip Blond who won't necessarily hold that view at all; the philosopher Julian Bagini; and the novelist AS Byatt, who has drawn inspiration from science fact for her highly acclaimed fiction.

So join the fact and fiction, arts and science, and the pursuit of truth and enlightenment in the fray on Night Waves: Undercurrents, with Phillip Dodd in the chair live on Radio 3 at 9.30pm.