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020			_a9780511977725 (ebook)
020			_z9780521197908 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aQC794.6.S85 _bB57 2012
082	0	0	_a539.7/258 _223
245	0	4	_aThe Birth of String Theory / _cedited by Andrea Cappelli, Elena Castellani, Filippo Colomo, Paolo Di Vecchia.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (664 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aString 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.
650		0	_aString models
650		0	_aDuality (Nuclear physics)
700	1		_aCappelli, Andrea, _eeditor.
700	1		_aCastellani, Elena, _eeditor.
700	1		_aColomo, Filippo, _eeditor.
700	1		_aDi Vecchia, Paolo, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521197908
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511977725
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38437 _d38437