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Table of contents
String Theory from First Principles
A coherent undergraduate path from mechanics and fields to strings, branes, dualities, and holography
Read each section in order. Every title can be opened as a TheoryTrace document.
- Cover1
- Copyright2
- How to read this book3
- Introduction4
- Chapter 1: Why Strings?5
- Chapter 2: Mathematical Foundations6
- Chapter 3: Special Relativity and Spacetime7
- Chapter 4: Classical Mechanics from an Action Principle8
- Chapter 5: Classical Fields and Local Symmetry9
- Chapter 6: Quantum Mechanics for Relativistic Systems10
- Chapter 7: Quantum Field Theory in One Semester11
- Chapter 8: The Relativistic Point Particle12
- Chapter 9: The Classical Relativistic String13
- Chapter 10: Symmetries of the Worldsheet14
- Chapter 11: Solving the Classical String15
- Chapter 12: Quantizing the Bosonic String16
- Chapter 13: Conformal Field Theory Essentials17
- Chapter 14: The Path Integral and String Interactions18
- Chapter 15: Spacetime Fields from String States19
- Chapter 16: Strings in Curved Backgrounds20
- Chapter 17: Supersymmetry and Superstrings21
- Chapter 18: The Five Superstring Theories22
- Chapter 19: D-Branes and Open Strings23
- Chapter 20: Compactification and Extra Dimensions24
- Chapter 21: T-Duality, S-Duality, and M-Theory25
- Chapter 22: String Theory and Black Holes26
- Chapter 23: Holography and AdS/CFT27
- Chapter 24: The Current Landscape and How to Continue28
- Conclusion29