From the November Revolution toward the Millennium

Abstract

The 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics spanned two decades, from approximately 1980 to 2000. In this opening keynote lecture, I survey developments in particle physics from the prehistory of the $J/\psi$ discovery to the early nineteen-eighties. I offer context for the contributions that follow in the symposium program.

Comments: 16 pages, 3 figures, 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics at CERN, November 10--13, 2025