A Brief History of String Theory: From Dual Models to M-Theory

by Dean Rickles

History and Mythology.- Part The (Very) Early 1959-1973.- Particle Physics in the Sixties.- The Veneziano Model.- The Hadronic String.- Supersymmetric Strings and Field Theoretic Limits.- Part A Decade of 1974-1984.- An Early Demise? Theoretical Exaptation in String Theory.- Turning Point(s).- Part String Theory Becomes 1985-1995.- Superstring Theory and the Real World.- A 'Second Superstring Revolution' and the Future of String Theory.

Genres: Physics, Science

272 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2014

Reviews

[Gigio · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book accomplishes the monstrous work of digesting hundreds of articles from the primary literature extending from about 1967 to 1995. But the result is merely half-way comprehensible to someone without the needed expertise.