TL;DR
This paper recounts a personal historical account of the early development of string theory, focusing on the author's experiences in 1968 and Nambu's contributions to the field.
Contribution
It provides a firsthand recollection of the initial factorization of the Veneziano model and Nambu's pioneering work on string actions in the late 1960s.
Findings
Recollection of the factorization of the Veneziano model using string variables.
Nambu's calculation of the N-particle dual resonance model.
Historical insights into the development of string theory.
Abstract
In this note, I recollect a two-week period in September 1968 when I factorized the Veneziano model using string variables in Chicago. Professor Yoichiro Nambu went on to calculate the N-particle dual resonance model and then to factorize it on an exponential degeneracy of states. That was in 1968 and the following year 1969 he discovered the string action. I also include some other reminiscences of Nambu who passed away on July 5, 2105.
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