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From Quarks to Strings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-12-02 v1

Abstract

In this article, prepared for the book "The birth of string theory", I recall the sequence of ideas which led to non-critical strings and gauge/strings duality. I also comment on some promising future directions.

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@article{arxiv.0812.0183,
  title  = {From Quarks to Strings},
  author = {A. M. Polyakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.0183},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages

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