String theory a very short introduction book

Strings and membranes when the theory was originally developed in the 1970s, the filaments of. String theory has been called the theory of everything. The little book of string theory science essentials. String theory turns the page on the standard description of the universe by replacing all matter and force particles with just one element. String theory explained what is the true nature of. Read on for the very basics of these five ideas of string theory in the sections below. These lecture notes mostly follow the lectures, but aim to extend them in two ways. Introduction to string theory 3 tures on string theory were supposed to give a pedagogical introduction and to prepare for later lectures on branes worlds, large extra dimensions, the adscft correspondence and black holes. Introduction to string theory universiteit utrecht. The notion of string theory was already present, even in the late 1960s, but only in 1984, with the work of green and schwarz, did people realise string theory could really be consistent with quantum mechanics, as well as including gravity, and could provide theories that looked very much like the standard model of particles. We have also drawn on some ideas from the books string theory and m theory becker, becker and schwarz, introduction to string theory polchinski, string theory in a nutshell mcmahon and superstring theory green, schwarz and witten, along with the lecture notes of david tong, sometimes wordforword. Oxfords very short introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects from islam to sociology, politics to classics, and literary theory to history. Buy the little book of string theory science essentials first edition by gubser, steven s.