00000cam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685675941123908195 Buklod 20140923153908.0 aa rb |||1 u| ta 140923s xx d r |||| u| 9780071498708 (pbk.) 0071498702 (pbk.) (iLib)UPTAC-00016853399 DLC UPVTC eng QC 794.6 S85 M396 2009 McMahon, David (David M.) String theory demystified David McMahon. New York McGraw Hill c2009. xiii, 306 p. ill. 24 cm. Demystified series Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-298) and index. Introduction -- The classical string I : equations of motion -- The classical string II : symmetries and worldsheet currents -- String quantization -- Conformal field theory part I -- BRST quantization -- RNS superstrings -- Compactification and T-duality -- Superstring theory continued -- A summary of superstring theory -- Type II string theories -- Heterotic string theory -- D-branes -- Black holes -- The holographic principle and AdS/CRT correspondance -- String theory and cosmology. String models. McGraw-Hill "Demystified" series. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0824/2008033008.html FO UPTAC UPTAC QC 794.6 S85 M396 2009 Book