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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: Brief History of String Theory
    sub title: From Dual Models to M-Theory
  name:
    name part: Rickles, Dean.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIX, 251 p. 39 illus. online resource.
  abstract: During its forty year lifespan, string theory has always had the power to divide, being called both a 'theory of everything' and a 'theory of nothing'. Critics have even questioned whether it qualifies as a scientific theory at all. This book adopts an objective stance, standing back from the question of the truth or falsity of string theory and instead focusing on how it came to be and how it came to occupy its present position in physics. An unexpectedly rich history is revealed, with deep connections to our most well-established physical theories. Fully self-contained and written in a lively fashion, the book will appeal to a wide variety of readers from novice to specialist.
  table of contents: History and Mythology -- Part I: The (Very) Early Years: 1959-1973 -- Particle Physics in the Sixties -- The Veneziano Model -- The Hadronic String -- Supersymmetric Strings and Field Theoretic Limits -- Part II: A Decade of Darkness: 1974-1984 -- An Early Demise? Theoretical Exaptation in String Theory -- Turning Point(s) -- Part III: String Theory Becomes Super: 1985-1995 -- Superstring Theory and the Real World -- A 'Second Superstring Revolution' and the Future of String Theory.
  note: by Dean Rickles.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy and science
  subject:
    topic: Quantum field theory
  subject:
    topic: String theory
  subject:
    topic: Gravitation
  subject:
    topic: Elementary particles (Physics)
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Quantum Field Theories, String Theory
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy of Science
  subject:
    topic: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
  subject:
    topic: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
  subject:
    topic: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
  classification: QC174.45-174.52
  classification: 530.14
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: The Frontiers Collection
  identifier: 9783642451287
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45128-7
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    record creation date: 140218
    record change date: 20151204151658.0
    record identifier: 978-3-642-45128-7