History and mythology -- The (very) early years : 1959-1973: particle physics in the Sixties ; The Veneziano model ; The hadronic string ; Supersymmetric strings and field theoretic limits -- A decade of darkness : 1974-1984: an early demise? ; Theoretical exaptation in string theory ; Turning point(s) -- String theory becomes super : 1985-1995: Superstring theory and the real world ; A "second superstring revolution" and the future of string theory.
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