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Title String theory and fundamental interactions : Gabriele Veneziano and theoretical physics : historical and contemporary perspectives / M. Gasperini, J. Maharana (eds.)
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 974 pages) : illustrations
Series Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; 737
Lecture notes in physics ; 737. 0075-8450
Contents pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Dual resonance models and string theory -- pt. 3. Perturbative QCD -- pt. 4. Non-perturbative QCD -- pt. 5. Supersymmetric gauge theories -- pt. 6. String dualities and symmetries -- pt. 7. String/quantum gravity, black holes and entropy -- pt. 8. String cosmology
Summary This volume, dedicated to Prof. Gabriele Veneziano on the occasion of his retirement from CERN, starts as a broad historico-scientific study on the work on string theory and nonperturbative QCD that has been pioneered by Prof. Veneziano in the late 60s and early 70s. It goes on to examine the many ramifications this and similar early work has spawned over the past decades and the reader will find state-of-the art tutorial reviews on string cosmology, string dualities and symmetries, and much more. The book includes a concise updated scientific biography of, and an interview with, Prof. Veneziano, in which he relates his personal views about the present and future of fundamental physics. This is followed by the commented draft of an unpublished paper of 1973 of his, anticipating interesting results which were rediscovered and published more than a decade later. Overall, this volume is a vast and unique canvas where the re-examination of older and the presentation of newer results and insights are skillfully mixed with personal recollections of the contributing authors, most of them involved in the early days of string and quantum field theory, about Prof. Veneziano and the many interrelated topics considered
Bibliography "List of publications of Gabriele Veneziano (updated to 2006) ": pages 16-27
Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Veneziano, G. (Gabriele)
SUBJECT Veneziano, G. (Gabriele) fast
Subject String models.
Quantum chromodynamics.
Quantum theory.
Quantum Theory
Physique.
Quantum chromodynamics
Quantum theory
String models
Genre/Form Festschriften
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Gasperini, Maurizio.
Maharana, J.
Veneziano, G. (Gabriele)
LC no. 2007934340
ISBN 9783540742333
3540742336
9783540742326
3540742328
Other Titles Gabriele Veneziano and theoretical physics