History of 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

Read more about History Of String Theory:  1943-1958: S-Matrix, 1958-1968: Regge Theory and Bootstrap Models, 1968-1974: Dual Resonance Model, 1974-1984: Superstring Theory, 1984-1989: First Superstring Revolution, 1994-2000: Second Superstring Revolution, 2000s, Further Reading

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