String duality

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1245-1258

  Polchinski, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030497087     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.68.1245     Document Type: Article

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