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Who first provided a string realization of dual resonance models?
After the $N$-particle generalization of the Veneziano amplitude was written down and studied, who was the first (or who were among the first) to realize that the amplitudes could be understood in ...
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Regarding string theory: how to refute the argument “if it cannot be tested experimentally then it is not science”? [duplicate]
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What differs string theory from philosophy or religion?
I find a lot of people disbelieve in string theory, saying that since it cannot be tested experimentally then it ...
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Gabriele Veneziano, strong nuclear force and beta-function
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From The History of String Theory:
Gabriele Veneziano, a research fellow at CERN (a European particle accelerator lab) in 1968, observed a strange coincidence - many ...
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What are the details around the origin of the string theory?
It is well-known even among the lay public (thanks to popular books) that string theory first arose in the field of strong interactions where certain scattering amplitudes had properties that could be ...
