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String theory as a theory of quantum gravity came almost by accident, after being pro posed as a theory of strong interactions. This book is the essential new introduction to modern string theory, by one of the worlds authorities on the subject. Lectures notes on string theory sorbonneuniversite. Kostas skenderis in the spring of 2009 at the university of amsterdam. String theory is a proposal for a unifying framework of high energy physics. Concise, clearly presented, and uptodate, string theory in a nutshell brings together the best understood and most important aspects of a theory that has been evolving since the early 1980s. This book guides the reader from the basics of string theory to very recent developments at the frontier of string theory research. This book guides the reader from the basics of string theory to very. Introductions to quantum gravity, supersymmetry and string theory. At currently achievable accelerator energies of o 1tev or, equivalently, at distance scales 10. Basic concepts of string theory ralph blumenhagen springer. This set of notes is based on the course introduction to string theory which was taught by prof. Introduction to string theory eth zurich course catalogue. This is a very sketchy account about the history of string theory.

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