Strings and Fundamental Physics [electronic resource] edited by Marco Baumgartl, Ilka Brunner, Michael Haack.

The basic idea, simple and revolutionary at the same time, to replace the concept of a point particle with a one-dimensional string, has opened up a whole new field of research. Even today, four decades later, its multifaceted consequences are still not fully conceivable. Up to now string theory has...

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