06283nam 22006972 450 991077915030332120160513130349.01-107-22369-51-280-64721-397866136332621-139-37782-51-139-37496-60-511-97772-71-139-37639-X1-139-37097-91-139-37925-9(CKB)2550000000103430(EBL)880684(OCoLC)794327695(SSID)ssj0000676832(PQKBManifestationID)11460152(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676832(PQKBWorkID)10683573(PQKB)11722310(UkCbUP)CR9780511977725(Au-PeEL)EBL880684(CaPaEBR)ebr10565014(CaONFJC)MIL363326(MiAaPQ)EBC880684(PPN)261278606(EXLCZ)99255000000010343020101013d2012|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe birth of string theory /edited by Andrea Cappelli, INFN, Florence, Elena Castellani, Department of Philosophy, University of Florence, Filippo Colomo, INFN, Florence, Paolo Di Vecchia, Nordita, Stockholm and Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2012.1 online resource (xxv, 636 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-19790-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I.Overview:1.Introduction and synopsis;2.Rise and fall of the hadronic string /Gabriele Veneziano;3.Gravity, unification, and the superstring /John H. Schwarz;4.Early string theory as a challenging case study for philosophers /Elena Castellani --Part II.The Prehistory: The Analytic S-Matrix:5.Introduction to Part II;6.Particle theory in the sixties: from current algebra to the Veneziano amplitude /Marc Ademollo;7.The path to the Veneziano model /Hector R. Rubinstein;8.Two-component duality and strings /Peter G.O. Freund;9.Note on the prehistory of string theory /Murray Gell-Mann --Part III.The Dual Resonance Model:10.Introduction to Part III;11.From the S-matrix to string theory /Paolo Di Vecchia;12.Reminiscence on the birth of string theory /Joel A. Shapiro;13.Personal recollections /Daniele Amati;14.Early string theory at Fermilab and Rutgers /Louis Clavelli;15.Dual amplitudes in higher dimensions: a personal view /Claud Lovelace;16.Personal recollections on dual models /Renato Musto;17.Remembering the 'supergroup' collaboration /Francesco Nicodemi;18. The '3-Reggeon vertex' /Stefano Sciuto --Part IV.The String:19. Introduction to Part IV;20.From dual models to relativistic strings /Peter Goddard;21.The first string theory: personal recollections /Leonard Susskind;22.The string picture of the Veneziano model /Holger B. Nielsen;23.From the S-matrix to string theory /Yoichiro Nambu;24.The analogue model for string amplitudes /David B. Fairlie;25.Factorization in dual models and functional integration in string theory /Stanley Mandelstam;26.The hadronic origins of string theory /Richard C. Brower --Part V.Beyond the Bosonic String:27.Introduction to Part V;28.From dual fermion to superstring /David I. Olive;29.Dual models with fermions: memoirs of an early string theorist /Pierre Ramond;30.Personal recollections /André Neveu;31.Aspects of fermionic dual models /Edward Corrigan;32.The dual quark models /Korkut Bardakci and Martin B. Halpern;33.Remembering the dawn of relativistic strings /Jean-Loup Gervais;34.Early string theory in Cambridge: personal recollections /Claus Montonen --Part VI.The Superstring:35.Introduction to Part VI;36.Supersymmetry in string theory /Ferdinando Gliozzi;37.Gravity from strings: personal reminiscences of early developments /Tamiaki Yoneya;38.From the Nambu-Goto to the [sigma]-model action /Lars Brink;39.Locally supersymmetric action for the superstring /Paolo Di Vecchia;40.Personal recollections /Eugène Cremmer;41.The scientific contributions of Jooël Scherk /John H. Schwarz --Part VII.Preparing the String Renaissance:42.Introduction to Part VII;43.From strings to superstrings: a personal perspective /Michael B. Green;44.Quarks, strings and beyond /Alexander M. Polyakov;45.The rise of superstring theory /Andrea Cappelli and Filippo Colomo.String theory is currently the best candidate for a unified theory of all forces and all forms of matter in nature. As such, it has become a focal point for physical and philosophical discussions. This unique book explores the history of the theory's early stages of development, as told by its main protagonists. The book journeys from the first version of the theory (the so-called dual resonance model) in the late sixties, as an attempt to describe the physics of strong interactions outside the framework of quantum field theory, to its reinterpretation around the mid-seventies as a quantum theory of gravity unified with the other forces, and its successive developments up to the superstring revolution in 1984. Providing important background information to current debates on the theory, this book is essential reading for students and researchers in physics, as well as historians and philosophers of science.String modelsDuality (Nuclear physics)String models.Duality (Nuclear physics)539.7/258SCI040000bisacshCappelli AndreaCastellani Elena1959-Colomo F.Di Vecchia P(Paolo),UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910779150303321The birth of string theory3704428UNINA03964nam 22005054a 450 991082440160332120200520144314.00-520-92494-0(CKB)3710000001409215(MiAaPQ)EBC223070(Au-PeEL)EBL223070(CaPaEBR)ebr10053542(OCoLC)475927097(EXLCZ)99371000000140921520000128d2000 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReclaiming identity realist theory and the predicament of postmodernism /edited by Paula M.L. Moya and Michael R. Hames-Garcia1st ed.Berkeley, Calif. University of California Pressc20001 online resource (x, 354 pages)0-520-22349-7 0-520-22348-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Reclaiming Identity -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Reclaiming Identity -- THE REALIST THEORY OF IDENTITY AND THE PREDICAMENT OF POSTMODERNISM -- 1. The Epistemic Status of Cultural Identity: On Beloved and the Postcolonial Condition -- 2. Postmodernism, "Realism," and the Politics of Identity: Cherríe Moraga and Chicana Feminism -- 3· "Who Are Our Own People?": Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity -- POSTPOSITIVIST OBJECTIVITY: USES OF ERROR, VALUES, AND IDENTITY -- 4· On Representing Others: Intellectuals, Pedagogy, and the Uses of Error -- 5. "It Matters to Get the Facts Straight": Joy Kogawa, Realism, and Objectivity of Values -- 6. Racial Authenticity and White Separatism: The Future of Racial Program Housing on College Campuses -- REALIST CONCEPTIONS OF AGENCY, EXPERIENCE, AND IDENTITY -- 7· Who Says Who Says?: The Epistemological Grounds for Agency in Liberatory Political Projects -- 8. Is There Something You Need to Tell Me?: Coming Out and the Ambiguity of Experience -- 9· Reading "Experience": The Debate in Intellectual History among Scott, Toews, and LaCapra -- 10. Who's Afraid of Identity Politics? -- Contributors -- Index."Identity" is one of the most hotly debated topics in literary theory and cultural studies. This bold and groundbreaking collection of ten essays argues that identity is not just socially constructed but has real epistemic and political consequences for how people experience the world. Advocating a "postpositivist realist" approach to identity, the essays examine the ways in which theory, politics, and activism clash with or complement each other, providing an alternative to the widely influential postmodernist understandings of identity. Although theoretical in orientation, this dynamic collection deals with specific social groups--Chicanas/os, African Americans, gay men and lesbians, Asian Americans, and others--and concrete social issues directly related to race, ethnicity, sexuality, epistemology, and political resistance. Satya Mohanty's brilliant exegesis of Toni Morrison's Beloved serves as a launching pad for the collection. The essays that follow, written by prominent and up-and-coming scholars, address a range of topics--from the writings of Cherrie Moraga, Franz Fanon, Joy Kogawa, and Michael Nava to the controversy surrounding racial program housing on college campuses--and work toward a truly interdisciplinary approach to identity.Group identitySocial perceptionPostmodernismGroup identity.Social perception.Postmodernism.305Moya Paula M. L1026585Hames-Garcia Michael Roy1621263MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824401603321Reclaiming identity4122385UNINA