String theory: An overview

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 721, Issue , 2007, Pages 289-323

  Louis, Jan ^a   Mohaupt, Thomas ^b   Theisen, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 34848816178     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71117-9_12     Document Type: Review

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