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Author:

Rickles, Dean, author.

Title:

A brief history of string theory : from dual models to M-theory / Dean Rickles.

Publisher:

Springer,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xix, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Superstring theories--History.
String models--History.
Quantum theory--History.
Nuclear physics--History.
Relativity (Physics)
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Gravity.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Frontiers collection, 1612-3018.

ISBN:

3642451276 (acid-free paper)
9783642451270 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)862101585

LCCN:

2013955303

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)