The march towards no-scale supergravity

Abstract

The different steps that led us to the discovery of {\em no-scale supergravity} are discussed from a very personal point of view. No-scale supergravity has been heralded as the most promising effective theory that describes physics below the Planck scale. In its string-derived form it holds the potential for a Dynamical Determination Of Everything (DDOE). (Invited talk presented at the International Conference on: ``The History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics", Erice, Italy, 29 July - 4 August 1994.)