About the Author:
Barton Zwiebach is Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His central contributions have been in the area of string field theory, where he did the early work on the construction of the field theory of open strings and then developed the field theory of closed strings. He has also made important contributions to the subjects of D-branes with exceptional symmetry and tachyon condensation.
Review:
"Zwiebach makes an explicit attempt to be accessible to undergraduate students." Donald Marolf, University of California Santa Barbara, American Journal of Physics
"There is a great curiosity about string theory, not only among physics undergraduates but also among professional scientists outside of the field. This audience needs a text that goes much further than the popular accounts but without the full technical detail of a graduate text. Zwiebach's book meets this need in a clear and accessible manner. It is well-grounded in familiar physical concepts, and proceeds through some of the most timely and exciting aspects of the subject." Professor Joseph Polchinski, University of California, Santa Barbara
"A refreshingly different approach to string theory that requires remarkably little previous knowledge of quantum theory or relativity. This highlights fundamental features of the theory that make it so radically different from theories based on point-like particles. This book makes the subject amenable to undergraduates but it will also appeal greatly to beginning researchers who may be overwhelmed by the standard textbooks. Furthermore, all of this is accomplished with great elegance in a single volume." Professor Michael Green, University of Cambridge
"Barton Zwiebach has written a careful and thorough introduction to string theory that is suitable for a full-year course at the advanced undergraduate level. There has been much demand for a book about string theory at this level, and this one should go a long way towards meeting that demand." Professor John Schwarz, California Institute of Technology
"Zwiebach every now and then takes some nice and surprising angles on well-known and lesser-known results, so even if you are already way past the basics, it might be well worth taking a look at this book." American Mathematical Society Reviews
"Zwiebach presents the topics with the clarity and contagious enthusiasm of an outstanding expositor and pedagogue who knows what sorts of difficulties students face when tackling theories in higher dimensions..." Physics Today, Marcelo Gleiser
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