Superstring Theory: Volume 1, Introduction (Hardcover) by Michael B. Green, John H. Schwarz, Edward Witten

Hard cover. Pages: 478. 478 p. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics . 56 Line drawings, unspecified. Intended for college/higher education audience. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. In recent years, superstring theory has emerged as a promising approach to reconciling general relativity with quantum mechanics and unifying the fundamental interactions. Problems that have seemed insuperable in previous approaches take on a totally new character in the context of superstring theory, and some of them have been overcome. Interest in the subject has greatly increased following a succession of exciting recent developments. This two-volume book attempts to meet the need for a systematic exposition of superstring theory and its applications accessible to as wide an audience as possible.