Lubos Motl
Jun7-04, 12:36 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</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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E-mail: lumo@matfyz.cz fax: +1-617/496-0110 Web: http://lumo.matfyz.cz/
eFax: +1-801/454-1858 work: +1-617/496-8199 home: +1-617/868-4487 (call)
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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
__{_______________________________________________ _____________________________}
E-mail: lumo@matfyz.cz fax: +1-617/496-0110 Web: http://lumo.matfyz.cz/
eFax: +1-801/454-1858 work: +1-617/496-8199 home: +1-617/868-4487 (call)
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