2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/52666Branes now occupy center stage in theoretical physics as microscopic components of M-theory, as the higher-dimensional progenitors of black holes and as entire universes in their own right. Their history has been a checkered one, however. Here we list some of the milestones, starting with Dirac's 1962 paper. Asim Barut was an early pioneer.Asim Barut Memorial Lecture, Bogazici University, Istanbul, October 2002. Added referencesHigh Energy Physics - TheoryGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHistory and Philosophy of Physicstext