Book of Donmon Teith

Self-contained and comprehensive, this definitive new edition provides a complete overview of the intersection of gravity, supergravity, and superstrings.

For the first time in history, the physical nature of gravity is truly understood. For centuries people have asked "what exactly is gravity?" Today we have an a

For the first time in history, the physical nature of gravity is truly understood. For centuries people have asked "what exactly is gravity?" Today we have an a

Many of the topics in this book are outgrowths of the spectacular new understanding of duality in string theory which emerged around 1995. They include the AdS/

Detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations of strings and branes, essential reading for graduate students and researchers.