Superstring theory and beyond, begins with an introduction to supersymmetric string theories and goes on to a broad presentation of the important advances of recent years. The first four chapters introduce the central ideas of string theory, the tools of conformal field theory, the polyakov path integral, and the covariant quantization of the string. String theory available from cambridge university press. Presents some deep chapters, but overall a great book for any student interested in entering the world of string theory. For simplicity, volume 1 focuses solely on bosonic string theory with the fermionic theory and things like supersymmetry hence superstring theory reserved for volume 2.
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