The birth of string theory
arXiv:0704.0101
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.