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Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory

By Michio Kaku

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1998
ISBN
0387985891, 9780387985893
LCC
QC794.6.S85 K35 1999
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
32 MB (33630761 bytes)
Series
Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics
Edition
2nd
Pages
612\612
Time added
2012-03-10 16:00:00

Description

Called by some "the theory of everything," superstrings may solve a problem which has eluded physicists for the past 50 years -- the final unification of the two great theories of the twentieth century, general relativity and quantum field theory. This is a course-tested comprehensive introductory graduate text on superstrings which stresses the most current areas of interest, not covered in other presentation, including: string field theory, multi loops, Teichmueller spaces, conformal field theory, and four-dimensional strings. The book begins with a simple discussion of point particle theory, and uses the Feynman path integral technique to unify the presentation of superstrings. Prerequisites are an aquaintance with quantum mechanics and relativity. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout.

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