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050	0	0	_aQC178 _b.O78 2004
082	0	0	_a530.14 _222
100	1		_aOrtín, Tomás, _d1964- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGravity and strings / _cTomás Ortín.
246	3		_aGravity & Strings
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2004.
300			_a1 online resource (xx, 684 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aOne appealing feature of string theory is that it provides a theory of quantum gravity. Gravity and Strings is a self-contained, pedagogical exposition of this theory, its foundations and its basic results. In Part I, the foundations are traced back to the very early special-relativistic field theories of gravity, showing how such theories lead to general relativity. Gauge theories of gravity are then discussed and used to introduce supergravity theories. In Part II, some of the most interesting solutions of general relativity and its generalizations are studied. The final Part presents and studies string theory from the effective action point of view, using the results found earlier in the book as background. This 2004 book will be useful as a reference book for graduate students and researchers, as well as a complementary textbook for courses on gravity, supergravity and string theory.
650		0	_aQuantum gravity.
650		0	_aString models.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521824750
830		0	_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511616563
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