History of String Theory | History String Theory

The history of string theory is probably more relevant to its core science than histories of other physical sciences. String theory is presently, and essentially, a non physically testable science, and thus arguably not Physics, yet its derivation parallels testable physics. Consequently an understanding of the theory's development has useful relevance within its ascribed discipline.

String theory

Superstring theory
Theory String theory Superstring theory Bosonic string theory M-theory (simplified) Type I string Type II string F-theory Heterotic string String field theory
Concepts Strings Branes D-brane Calabi–Yau manifold Holographic principle T-duality S-duality Kac–Moody algebra E₈ Lie group
Related topics Conformal field theory Supersymmetry Supergravity Quantum gravity
Scientists Duff Green Greene Gross Maldacena Mandelstam Polchinski Polyakov Ramond Scherk Schwarz Sen Susskind Townsend Vafa Veneziano Witten
Glossary Glossary of string theory

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