TY - BOOK ID - 135705003 TI - Strings MM, University of Michigan AU - Duff, M J AU - Liu, James T AU - Lu, Jianxin PY - 2001 SN - 1281951838 9786611951832 9812810323 9789812810328 9789810245092 9810245092 PB - Singapore River Edge, NJ World Scientific DB - UniCat KW - Superstring theories KW - String theories UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135705003 AB - Superstring theory and its successor, M-theory, hold promises of a deeper understanding of the Standard Model of particle physics, the unification of the four fundamental forces, the quantum theory of gravity, the mysteries of quantum black holes, Big Bang cosmology and, ultimately, their complete synthesis in a final theory of physics. This volume records the proceedings of the major annual international conference on the subject, "Strings 2000", which involved 42 talks by the world's leading experts on string theory and M-theory. It will be of interest not only to researchers in the field bu ER -