Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory |
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Author:
| Kaku, Michio |
Editor:
| Birman, J. L. Lynn, J. W. Silverman, M. P. Stanley, H. E. Voloshin, M. |
Series title: | Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics |
ISBN: | 978-0-387-98589-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
Publisher: | Springer
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $228.95 |
Book Description:
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Superstrings - provocative, controversial, possibly untestable, but unarguably one of the most interesting and active areas of research in current physics. Called by some, "the theory of everything," superstrings may solve a problem that 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 thoroughly updated second edition incorporates the latest advances and includes...
More DescriptionSuperstrings - provocative, controversial, possibly untestable, but unarguably one of the most interesting and active areas of research in current physics. Called by some, "the theory of everything," superstrings may solve a problem that 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 thoroughly updated second edition incorporates the latest advances and includes current areas of interest, such as string field theory, multi-loops, Teichmueller spaces, conformal field theory, and four-dimensional strings.