String Theory: Volume 1, an Introduction to the Bosonic String

by Joseph Polchinski

Book Overview

String Theory comprises two volumes which give a comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 1, first published in 1998, provides a thorough introduction to the bosonic string. The first four chapters introduce the central ideas of string theory, the tools of conformal field theory and of the Polyakov path integral, and the covariant quantization of the string. The next three chapters treat string interactions: the general formalism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521672279
• ISBN13: 9780521672276
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.6"