The birth of string theory

Abstract

In this contribution we go through the developments that in the years 1968 to 1974 led from the Veneziano model to the bosonic string.

Latex 60 pages, 2 figures, uses svmult.cls. Contribution to the volume "String theory and fundamental interactions", dedicated to Gabriele Veneziano on his 65th birthday.

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