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The Charm of Theoretical Physics (1958-1993)

History and Philosophy of Physics 2018-01-17 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Personal recollections on theoretical particle physics in the years when the Standard Theory was formed. In the background, the remarkable development of Italian theoretical physics in the second part of the last century, with great personalities like Bruno Touschek, Raoul Gatto, Nicola Cabibbo and their schools.

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@article{arxiv.1707.01833,
  title  = {The Charm of Theoretical Physics (1958-1993)},
  author = {Luciano Maiani and Luisa Bonolis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.01833},
  year   = {2018}
}

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53 pages, 12 figures, to be published in The European Physical Journal H. New version with added text and figures