THEORISTS AT A RECENT SEMINAR on unified theories of elementary particles were brought together by continued interest in more or less realistic application of quantum field theory to elementaryparticle physics. Thus they do not share the fears of Freeman J. Dyson (expressed in last June's PHYSICS TODAY)—about the relevance of field theory to strong‐interaction physics nor his fear that field theorists are to become an isolated band of specialists like specialists in general relativity.

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General relativity, Subatomic and elementary particles, Quantum field theory
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© 1966 American Institute of Physics.
1966
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