Strings, Conformal Fields, and M-Theory /
String theory continues to progress at an astonishing rate, and this book brings the reader up to date with the latest developments and the most active areas of research in the field. Building on the foundations laid in his Introduction to Superstrings and M Theory, Professor Kaku discusses such top...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2000.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Graduate texts in contemporary physics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | String theory continues to progress at an astonishing rate, and this book brings the reader up to date with the latest developments and the most active areas of research in the field. Building on the foundations laid in his Introduction to Superstrings and M Theory, Professor Kaku discusses such topics as the classification of conformal string theories, knot theory, the Yang-Baxter relation, quantum groups, and the insights into 11-dimensional strings recently obtained from M-theory. New chapters discuss such topics as Seiberg- Witten theory, M theory and duality., and D-branes. Several chapters review the fundamentals of string theory, making the presentation of the material self-contained while keeping overlap with the earlier book to a minimum. This book conveys the vitality of the current research and places readers at its forefront. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 531 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781461205036 (electronic bk.) 1461205034 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0938-037X |