The Net Advance of Physics:
History and Philosophy: String Theory

• A Brief History of String Theory by Patricia Schwartz (outline) [The Official String Theory Website]
• String Theory: the Early Years, a Personal Perspective, by John H. Schwartz, 2007/06/20 (PDF of slides from a presentation) [University of Florence]
• Wikipedia
• A Brief History of Superstrings [Cal Tech]
• Early History of String Theory: A Personal Perspective, by John Schwartz, 2001/05/30 (links to audio files in high and low bandwidths, PDF, and slides) [UC-Santa Barbara]
• The History of String Theory, by Steuard Jensen, 2004 An Introduction to String Theory [Claremont Colleges]
• Superstrings, by Michael Green, 1986/09 [Scientific American]
• The Scientific Work of Sonia Stanciu, by C. Bachas, 2003/03
• The Beginning of String Theory: a Historical Sketch, by Paolo Di Vecchia and Adam Schwimmer, 2007/08
• From Quarks to Strings by A. M. Polyakov 2008/11
• The Early History of String Theory and Supersymmetry by John H. Schwartz 2012/01

See String Theory at the Net Advance of Physics

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