Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
478
Language
English
Published
Jan 30, 1987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521323843
ISBN-13
9780521323840
Description
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.