String theory represents an outgrowth of S-matrix theory, [1] a research program begun by Werner Heisenberg in 1943 [2] following John Archibald Wheeler 's 1937 introduction of the S-matrix. [3]

Nov 21, 2025 · Gabriele Veneziano, a young theorist working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), contributed a key breakthrough in 1968 with his realization that a 200-year-old …

Aug 31, 2024 · M-Theory: In 1995, Edward Witten, one of the leading theoretical physicists of the time, proposed that these five string theories were connected through a single, more fundamental theory …

Feb 25, 2024 · A Brief History Of String Theory By Dean Rickles. Reviews cannot be added to this item.

Apr 27, 2025 · At CERN in 1968, a young theorist named Gabriele Veneziano stumbled onto a formula (the Veneziano amplitude) that beautifully fit data for how particles called hadrons scatter (Untangling …

These studies suggest that Yoichiro Nambu and Leonard Susskind are considered founders of string theory.

Many prominent theorists picked up and advocated S-matrix theory, starting in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s. The field became marginalized and discarded in the mid-1970s [4] and …