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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michio KakuPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: 2nd ed. 1999 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 2.270kg ISBN: 9780387985893ISBN 10: 0387985891 Pages: 587 Publication Date: 07 December 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsI First Quantization and Path Integrals.- 1 Path Integrals and Point Particles.- 2 Nambu—Goto Strings.- 3 Superstrings.- 4 Conformal Field Theory and Kac-Moody Algebras.- 5 Multiloops and Teichmüller Spaces.- II Second Quantization and the Search for Geometry.- 6 Light Cone Field Theory.- 7 BRST Field Theory.- III Phenomenology and Model Building.- 8 Anomalies and the Atiyah—Singer Theorem.- 9 Heterotic Strings and Compactification.- 10 Calabi—Yau Spaces and Orbifolds.- IV M-Theory.- 11 M-Theory and Duality.- 12 Compactifications and BPS States.- 13Solitons, D-Branes, and Black Holes.- A.1 A Brief Introduction to Group Theory.- A.2 A Brief Introduction to General Relativity.- A.3 A Brief Introduction to the Theory of Forms.- A.4 A Brief Introduction to Supersymmetry.- A.5 A Brief Introduction to Supergravity.- A.6 Notation.- References.ReviewsFrom the reviewsFoundations of Physics, on the first edition: ... the dedicated reader...will be well versed in this fascinating area of theoretical physics. Physics Today, on the first edition: ...presents a pedagogical survey on string theory. It covers material from early developments to present-day research ... divided into three parts ... results of quantization, string field theory, and phenomenology ... an impressive effort... FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS Kaku's book, at 568 pages, is a comprehensive, self-contained text on string theory![It] contains useful summaries of mathematical topics such as index theory, cohomology, and Kahler manifolds. This is a book for the really serious student of string theory; the dedicated reader who emerges after page 568 will be well versed in this fascinating area of theoretical physics. Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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