Introductory book on string theory?

[Ralph E. Frost]

What would be a good choice for an introductory book on string theory?

Perhap both of a general overview for non-physics reader and also an
introductory text book?

Thanks

Ralph

[Mikael Djurfeldt]

The overview for a non-physics reader could be Brian Greene's "The
Elegant Universe":

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375708111/qid=1139908341/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-9239207-6680057?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

An introductory text book for an undergraduate physics student is
Barton Zwiebach's "A First Course in String Theory" (accessible if
you've taken a course in quantum mechanics):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521831431/sr=8-1/qid=1139908298/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9239207-6680057?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Best regards,
M

[Ralph E. Frost]

Thank you, to you and others for your assistance.

Best regards,
Ralph Frost