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Reminiscence on the Birth of String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-12-19 v2

Abstract

These are my personal impressions of the environment in which string theory was born, and what the important developments affecting my work were during the hadronic string era, 1968-1974. I discuss my motivations and concerns at the time, particularly in my work on loop amplitudes and on closed strings.

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@article{arxiv.0711.3448,
  title  = {Reminiscence on the Birth of String Theory},
  author = {Joel A. Shapiro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.3448},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Invited Contribution to "The Birth of String Theory" Commemorative Volume. 12 pages, 2 figures. Minor content revision