Memories of a Theoretical Physicist
By Joseph Polchinski
Foreword by Andrew Strominger
Edited by Ahmed Almheiri
By Joseph Polchinski
Foreword by Andrew Strominger
Edited by Ahmed Almheiri
By Joseph Polchinski
Foreword by Andrew Strominger
Edited by Ahmed Almheiri
By Joseph Polchinski
Foreword by Andrew Strominger
Edited by Ahmed Almheiri
Category: Biography & Memoir | Science & Technology
Category: Biography & Memoir | Science & Technology
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$25.00
May 24, 2022 | ISBN 9780262543446
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May 24, 2022 | ISBN 9780262368902
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Table Of Contents
Foreword by Andrew Strominger vii
Editor’s Note by Ahmed Almheiri xiii
1 Early Years 1
2 Caltech, 1971–1975 15
3 Berkeley, 1975–1980 33
4 SLAC/Stanford, 1980–1982 55
5 Harvard, 1982–1984 67
6 Austin Part 1, 1984–1988 83
7 Austin Part 2, 1988–1992 103
8 D-branes and Orientifolds, 1992–1995 133
9 The CC and the Discretuum, 1996–2000 159
10 After the End of Physics, 2001–2007 187
11 Before the Firewall, 2007–2011 207
12 Firewall Days, 2012–2015 223
13 Epilogue 243
Afterword by Dorothy, Steven, and Daniel Polchinski 245
Acknowledgments 251
Bibliographic Notes 253
Index 299
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