A First Course in String Theory (Hardcover)

Barton Zwiebach

ISBN 10: 0521880327 / ISBN 13: 9780521880329

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009

Beschreibung

Hardcover. String theory made understandable. Barton Zwiebach is once again faithful to his goal of making string theory accessible to undergraduates. He presents the main concepts of string theory in a concrete and physical way to develop intuition before formalism, often through simplified and illustrative examples. Complete and thorough in its coverage, this new edition now includes AdS/CFT correspondence and introduces superstrings. It is perfectly suited to introductory courses in string theory for students with a background in mathematics and physics. New sections cover strings on orbifolds, cosmic strings, moduli stabilization, and the string theory landscape. Now with almost 300 problems and exercises, with password-protected solutions for instructors at Zwiebach is once again faithful to his goal of making string theory accessible to undergraduates. This text now includes AdS/CFT correspondence, as well introducing superstrings. With almost 300 problems and exercises it is perfectly suited for introductory courses for students with a background in physics. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780521880329

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: A First Course in String Theory (Hardcover)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521880327
• ISBN-13: 9780521880329
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 2. Auflage
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

Zwiebach is once again faithful to his goal of making string theory accessible to undergraduates. This text now includes AdS/CFT correspondence, as well introducing superstrings. With almost 300 problems and exercises it is perfectly suited for introductory courses for students with a background in physics.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Barton Zwiebach is Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His central contributions have been in the area of string field theory, where he did the early work on the construction of the field theory of open strings and then developed the field theory of closed strings. He has also made important contributions to the subjects of D-branes with exceptional symmetry and tachyon condensation.