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1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 636 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511977725
Inhalt:
String theory is currently the best candidate for a unified theory of all forces and all forms of matter in nature. As such, it has become a focal point for physical and philosophical discussions. This unique book explores the history of the theory's early stages of development, as told by its main protagonists. The book journeys from the first version of the theory (the so-called dual resonance model) in the late sixties, as an attempt to describe the physics of strong interactions outside the framework of quantum field theory, to its reinterpretation around the mid-seventies as a quantum theory of gravity unified with the other forces, and its successive developments up to the superstring revolution in 1984. Providing important background information to current debates on the theory, this book is essential reading for students and researchers in physics, as well as historians and philosophers of science
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Part I. Overview: 1. Introduction and synopsis; 2. Rise and fall of the hadronic string
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Part II. The Prehistory: The Analytic S-Matrix: 5. Introduction to Part II; 6. Particle theory in the sixties: from current algebra to the Veneziano amplitude
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Part III. The Dual Resonance Model: 10. Introduction to Part III; 11. From the S-matrix to string theory
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Part IV. The String: 19. Introduction to Part IV; 20. From dual models to relativistic strings
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Part V. Beyond the Bosonic String: 27. Introduction to Part V; 28. From dual fermion to superstring
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Part VI. The Superstring: 35. Introduction to Part VI; 36. Supersymmetry in string theory
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Part VII. Preparing the String Renaissance: 42. Introduction to Part VII; 43. From strings to superstrings: a personal perspective
Weitere Ausg.:
9780521197908
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The birth of string theory Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012 9780521197908
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version 9780521197908
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Physik
Schlagwort(e):
Stringtheorie
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511977725
