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Lubos Motl
Jun6-04, 09:41 PM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>Amazon.com says that it will start to sell the new book "A First Course in\nString Theory" by Barton Zwiebach on Thursday, June 10th. Its home page at\nthe internet bookstore is\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521831431/\n\nIt is already the right moment to pre-order the book. It is addressed to\nadvanced undergraduate and early graduate students, but most of\nmathematicians, scientists and science fans who are curious about string\ntheory should appreciate it, too.\n\nJoe Polchinski, the author of the modern textbook "String Theory" said\nthat he wanted to write a book like that, too, and it is a good news that\nBarton Zwiebach has written such a book at last. Other people, such as\nBrian Greene, have praised the new book, too. (And I also like it a lot.)\n\nIf you somewhat understand ordinary quantum mechanics of one particle, but\nyou want to follow string theory on significantly more technical level\nthan the popular books allow you, Zwiebach\'s book should be ideal for you.\nIt emphasizes physical intuition and plays down the formalism - even\nthough Barton is exactly a person who spent most of his career with very\ndifficult formalisms. ;-)\n\nThe book covers the classical string, its equations of motion,\nquantization, perturbative amplitudes, but it will also explain you\nD-branes to some extent - in fact, you will know how to construct the\nStandard Model from the intersecting branes which might be considered a\nvery advanced topic in string theory. Nevertheless, it is simple enough\nfor the undergrads at MIT, and you should get (not only) the idea, too.\n\nAll the best\nLubos\n_____________________________________ _________________________________________\nE-mail: lumo@matfyz.cz fax: +1-617/496-0110 Web: http://lumo.matfyz.cz/\neFax: +1-801/454-1858 work: +1-617/496-8199 home: +1-617/868-4487 (call)\n^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Amazon.com says that it will start to sell the new book "A First Course in
String Theory" by Barton Zwiebach on Thursday, June 10th. Its home page at
the internet bookstore is
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521831431/
It is already the right moment to pre-order the book. It is addressed to
advanced undergraduate and early graduate students, but most of
mathematicians, scientists and science fans who are curious about string
theory should appreciate it, too.
Joe Polchinski, the author of the modern textbook "String Theory" said
that he wanted to write a book like that, too, and it is a good news that
Barton Zwiebach has written such a book at last. Other people, such as
Brian Greene, have praised the new book, too. (And I also like it a lot.)
If you somewhat understand ordinary quantum mechanics of one particle, but
you want to follow string theory on significantly more technical level
than the popular books allow you, Zwiebach's book should be ideal for you.
It emphasizes physical intuition and plays down the formalism - even
though Barton is exactly a person who spent most of his career with very
difficult formalisms. ;-)
The book covers the classical string, its equations of motion,
quantization, perturbative amplitudes, but it will also explain you
D-branes to some extent - in fact, you will know how to construct the
Standard Model from the intersecting branes which might be considered a
very advanced topic in string theory. Nevertheless, it is simple enough
for the undergrads at MIT, and you should get (not only) the idea, too.
All the best
Lubos
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Pierre Jouvelot
Jun15-04, 01:47 PM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>"Lubos Motl" <motl@feynman.harvard.edu> a écrit dans le message de\nnews:Pine.LNX.4.31.0406062131190.20862-100000@feynman.harvard.edu...\n\n> Amazon.com says that it will start to sell the new book "A First Course in\n> String Theory" by Barton Zwiebach on Thursday, June 10th. Its home page at\n> the internet bookstore is\n>\n> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521831431/\n>\n> It is already the right moment to pre-order the book. It is addressed to\n> advanced undergraduate and early graduate students, but most of\n> mathematicians, scientists and science fans who are curious about string\n> theory should appreciate it, too.\n\nSo does anyone who actually looked at the book have any comments about it?\nAmazon seems to believe it\'s still not released, even though one can order\nit from the publisher.\n\nTIA.\n\nPierre\n\n\n---\nOutgoing mail is certified Virus Free.\nChecked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).\nVersion: 6.0.705 / Virus Database: 461 - Release Date: 12/06/2004\n\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Lubos Motl" <motl@feynman.harvard.edu> a écrit dans le message de
news:Pine.LNX.4.31.0406062131190.20862-100000@feynman.harvard.edu...
> Amazon.com says that it will start to sell the new book "A First Course in
> String Theory" by Barton Zwiebach on Thursday, June 10th. Its home page at
> the internet bookstore is
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521831431/
>
> It is already the right moment to pre-order the book. It is addressed to
> advanced undergraduate and early graduate students, but most of
> mathematicians, scientists and science fans who are curious about string
> theory should appreciate it, too.
So does anyone who actually looked at the book have any comments about it?
Amazon seems to believe it's still not released, even though one can order
it from the publisher.
TIA.
Pierre
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Ted Sung
Jun16-04, 11:34 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>Just an FYI,\n\nI called Cambridge University Press and it seems that the book is\nnot going to be available until July (and possibly the end of July).\n\nTed\n\nPierre Jouvelot <jouvelot@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote in message news:<40cf346c\\$0\\$24364\\$626a14ce-100000@news.free.fr>...\n> "Lubos Motl" <motl@feynman.harvard.edu> a écrit dans le message de\n> news:Pine.LNX.4.31.0406062131190.20862-100000@feynman.harvard.edu...\n>\n> > Amazon.com says that it will start to sell the new book "A First Course in\n> > String Theory" by Barton Zwiebach on Thursday, June 10th. Its home page at\n> > the internet bookstore is\n> >\n> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521831431/\n> >\n> > It is already the right moment to pre-order the book. It is addressed to\n> > advanced undergraduate and early graduate students, but most of\n> > mathematicians, scientists and science fans who are curious about string\n> > theory should appreciate it, too.\n>\n> So does anyone who actually looked at the book have any comments about it?\n> Amazon seems to believe it\'s still not released, even though one can order\n> it from the publisher.\n>\n> TIA.\n>\n> Pierre\n>\n>\n> ---\n> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.\n> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).\n> Version: 6.0.705 / Virus Database: 461 - Release Date: 12/06/2004\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Just an FYI,
I called Cambridge University Press and it seems that the book is
not going to be available until July (and possibly the end of July).
Ted
Pierre Jouvelot <jouvelot@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote in message news:<40cf346c$0$24364$626a14ce-100000@news.free.fr>...
> "Lubos Motl" <motl@feynman.harvard.edu> a écrit dans le message de
> news:Pine.LNX.4.31.0406062131190.20862-100000@feynman.harvard.edu...
>
> > Amazon.com says that it will start to sell the new book "A First Course in
> > String Theory" by Barton Zwiebach on Thursday, June 10th. Its home page at
> > the internet bookstore is
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521831431/
> >
> > It is already the right moment to pre-order the book. It is addressed to
> > advanced undergraduate and early graduate students, but most of
> > mathematicians, scientists and science fans who are curious about string
> > theory should appreciate it, too.
>
> So does anyone who actually looked at the book have any comments about it?
> Amazon seems to believe it's still not released, even though one can order
> it from the publisher.
>
> TIA.
>
> Pierre
>
>
> ---
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Ryan Artuso
Jun21-04, 02:57 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>Pierre Jouvelot <jouvelot@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote in message news:<40cf346c\\$0\\$24364\\$626a14ce-100000@news.free.fr>...\n> "Lubos Motl" <motl@feynman.harvard.edu> a écrit dans le message de\n> news:Pine.LNX.4.31.0406062131190.20862-100000@feynman.harvard.edu...\n>\n> > Amazon.com says that it will start to sell the new book "A First Course in\n> > String Theory" by Barton Zwiebach on Thursday, June 10th. Its home page at\n> > the internet bookstore is\n> >\n> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521831431/\n> >\n> > It is already the right moment to pre-order the book. It is addressed to\n> > advanced undergraduate and early graduate students, but most of\n> > mathematicians, scientists and science fans who are curious about string\n> > theory should appreciate it, too.\n>\n> So does anyone who actually looked at the book have any comments about it?\n> Amazon seems to believe it\'s still not released, even though one can order\n> it from the publisher.\n\nI was able to get a copy of chapters 11 and 12 from Prof. Zwiebach for\na paper I attempted to write this spring. From what I have seen it is\na good book, that is clearly intended as an introduction. For example,\nthe material covered in chapter 11 (starting on page 199) is covered\nin the first 30 pages of Michio Kaku\'s book Introduction to\nSuperstrings and M-Theory. That being said, I ran into the same\nproblem I was having with Kaku\'s book. What I really needed was the\nfirst 198 pages of Barton\'s book to bridge the gap between what I had\nstudied (I just finished my B.S. in Physics at Michigan State) and\nString theory. This was the reason I didn\'t write the paper on the\nbosonic string and instead studied the Randall-Sundrum papers which,\nby the way, is a very fascinating subject. I will certainly buy this\nbook and will hopefully find the time to read it this next year. I\nhope this helps.\n\nAlso, please don\'t ask for a copy of chapters 11 and 12. I printed\nthem out and deleted the files as I was asked to do by Prof. Zwiebach.\nThank You.\n\nRyan Artuso\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Pierre Jouvelot <jouvelot@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote in message news:<40cf346c$0$24364$626a14ce-100000@news.free.fr>...
> "Lubos Motl" <motl@feynman.harvard.edu> a écrit dans le message de
> news:Pine.LNX.4.31.0406062131190.20862-100000@feynman.harvard.edu...
>
> > Amazon.com says that it will start to sell the new book "A First Course in
> > String Theory" by Barton Zwiebach on Thursday, June 10th. Its home page at
> > the internet bookstore is
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521831431/
> >
> > It is already the right moment to pre-order the book. It is addressed to
> > advanced undergraduate and early graduate students, but most of
> > mathematicians, scientists and science fans who are curious about string
> > theory should appreciate it, too.
>
> So does anyone who actually looked at the book have any comments about it?
> Amazon seems to believe it's still not released, even though one can order
> it from the publisher.
I was able to get a copy of chapters 11 and 12 from Prof. Zwiebach for
a paper I attempted to write this spring. From what I have seen it is
a good book, that is clearly intended as an introduction. For example,
the material covered in chapter 11 (starting on page 199) is covered
in the first 30 pages of Michio Kaku's book Introduction to
Superstrings and M-Theory. That being said, I ran into the same
problem I was having with Kaku's book. What I really needed was the
first 198 pages of Barton's book to bridge the gap between what I had
studied (I just finished my B.S. in Physics at Michigan State) and
String theory. This was the reason I didn't write the paper on the
bosonic string and instead studied the Randall-Sundrum papers which,
by the way, is a very fascinating subject. I will certainly buy this
book and will hopefully find the time to read it this next year. I
hope this helps.
Also, please don't ask for a copy of chapters 11 and 12. I printed
them out and deleted the files as I was asked to do by Prof. Zwiebach.
Thank You.
Ryan Artuso
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