The Early Years of String Theory: A Personal Perspective

Aug, 2007
30 pages
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Report number:
  • CALT-68-2657

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Abstract: (arXiv)
This article surveys some of the highlights in the development of string theory through the first superstring revolution in 1984. The emphasis is on topics in which the author was involved.
Note:
  • Based on a lecture presented on June 20, 2007 at the Galileo Galilei Institute
  • lectures
  • particle physics: history
  • string model
  • S-matrix
  • dual resonance model
  • analytic properties
  • supersymmetry
  • anomaly
  • superstring
  • bibliography