Antedating of "Grand Unified Theory"

[Fred Shapiro]

grand unified theory (OED 1978)

1977 _Nuclear Physics B_ 22 Aug. 58  In a typical grand unification theory
the masses of the superheavy vector mesons would be of the order of 10[to
the eleventh power] - 10[to the fifteenth power] GeV.

Fred Shapiro


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