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The definitive introduction to String Theory,
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This review is from: String Theory, Vol. 2 (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) (Paperback)
I used Polchinski Vol I and II to learn String Theory for my PhD thesis. Vol I covers the basics, using the bosonic string to quantize, and Vol II starts off with the perturbative type II and heterotic strings and soon moves on to nonperturbative string theory, elegantly summarizing the dualities, D-branes (which of course Polchinski discovered), Calabi-Yau compactifications, flop transitions etc. Vol II is essentially a reference for modern string theory. The chapter on advanced CFT is wonderfuly written, and is perhaps the best summary of CFT available in any book (even tomes devoted to CFT pale in comparison). The two volumes of Polchinski are clearly a must read for anybody who wishes to understand string theory. It is an exceptionally well written text on a difficult subject.
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Very good, for the advanced student of scientist,
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This review is from: String Theory, Vol. 2 (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) (Paperback)
A very good book covering all the topics and details. It is full of equations and logical elaborations. Delicious. Absolutely not for the general public, though.
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String Theory, Vol. 2 (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) by Joseph Polchinski (Paperback - July 11, 2005)
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