String theory and M-theory [electronic resource] : a modern introduction / Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, and John H. Schwarz.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The bosonic string -- Conformal field theory and string interactions -- Strings with world-sheet supersymmetry -- Strings with space-time supersymmetry -- T-duality and D-branes -- The heterotic string -- M-theory and string duality -- String geometry -- Flux compactifications -- Black holes in string theory -- Gauge theory/string theory dualities.