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== Notes ==

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<ref name="Aspinwall et al. 2009">{{cite book |editor1-first=Paul |editor1-last=Aspinwall |editor2-first=Tom |editor2-last=Bridgeland |editor3-first=Alastair |editor3-last=Craw |editor4-first=Michael |editor4-last=Douglas |editor5-first=Mark |editor5-last=Gross |editor6-first=Anton |editor6-last=Kapustin |editor7-first=Gregory |editor7-last=Moore |editor8-first=Graeme |editor8-last=Segal |editor9-first=Balázs |editor9-last=Szendröi |editor10-first=P.M.H. |editor10-last=Wilson |title=Dirichlet Branes and Mirror Symmetry |year=2009 |publisher=American Mathematical Society | series = [[Clay Mathematics Monographs]] | volume = 4 | isbn=978-0-8218-3848-8|page=13}}</ref>

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===Bibliography===

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* {{cite book|ref=Becker |last1=Becker |first1=Katrin |last2=Becker |first2=Melanie |author-link2=Melanie Becker|last3=Schwarz |first3=John |title=String theory and M-theory: A modern introduction |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-86069-7}}

* {{cite journal |ref=Duff1998|last1=Duff |first1=Michael |date=1998 |title=The theory formerly known as strings |journal=Scientific American |volume=278 |issue=2 |pages=64–9 |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0298-64|bibcode = 1998SciAm.278b..64D }}

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* {{Cite book|ref=Yau| first1 = Shing-Tung | last1 = Yau | first2 = Steve | last2 = Nadis | year = 2010 | title = The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions | publisher = Basic Books | isbn = 978-0-465-02023-2 }}

* {{cite book |ref=Zwiebach|last1=Zwiebach |first1=Barton |title=A First Course in String Theory |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-88032-9}}

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== Further reading ==

=== Popular science ===

* {{Cite book| first = Brian | last = Greene | year = 2003 | title = The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory | publisher = W.W. Norton & Company | ___location = New York | isbn = 978-0-393-05858-1 | title-link = The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory }}

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* {{cite book |last1=Becker |first1=K. |last2=Becker |first2=M. |last3=Schwarz |first3=J. H. |title=String Theory and M-Theory: A Modern Introduction |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2006 |isbn=978-0521860697}}

* {{cite book |last1=Blumenhagen |first1=R. |last2=Lüst |first2=D. |last3=Theisen |first3=S. |title=Basic Concepts of String Theory |publisher=Springer |date=2012 |isbn=978-3642294969 }}

* {{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Michael |last2=Schwarz |first2=John |last3=Witten |first3=Edward |title=Superstring theory. Vol.Theory |volume=1: ''Introduction'' |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2012 |isbn=978-1107029118 }}

* {{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Michael |last2=Schwarz |first2=John |last3=Witten |first3=Edward |title=Superstring theory. Vol.Theory |volume=2: ''Loop amplitudes, anomalies and phenomenology'' |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2012 |isbn=978-1107029132 }}

* {{cite book |last1=Ibáñez |first1=L.E. |last2=Uranga |first2=A.M. |title=String Theory and Particle Physics: An Introduction to String Phenomenology |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2012 |isbn=978-0521517522 }}

* {{cite book |last1=Kiritsis |first1=E. |title=String Theory in a Nutshell |publisher=Princeton University Press |date=2019 |isbn=978-0691155791 }}

* {{cite book |last=Ortín |first=T. |title=Gravity and Strings |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2015 |isbn=978-0521768139 }}

* {{cite book |last1=Polchinski |first1=Joseph |year=1998 |title=String Theory Vol. |volume=1: ''An Introduction to the Bosonic String'' |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-63303-1}}

* {{cite book |last=Polchinski |first=Joseph |year=1998 |title=String Theory Vol. |volume=2: ''Superstring Theory and Beyond'' |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-63304-8}}

* {{cite book |last1=West|first1=P. |title=Introduction to Strings and Branes |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2012 |isbn=978-0521817479 }}

* {{cite book |last1=Zwiebach |first1=Barton |title=A First Course in String Theory |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-88032-9}}

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; Websites :

* ''[http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/blog/ Not Even Wrong]''—A blog critical of string theory

* [https://whystringtheory.com/ Why String Theory]—An introduction to string theory.

* [https://www.quantumfieldtheory.info/String_Topics_Summaries.pdf Pedagogic Aids to String Theory]—Introductory level overview of string theory plus aids to help understanding some of the more difficult concepts. For those who have studied quantum field theory, from the author of ''Student Friendly Quantum Field Theory''.

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* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/paralleluni.shtml bbc-horizon: parallel-uni]—2002 feature documentary by ''[[Horizon (British TV series)|BBC Horizon]]'', episode "[[Parallel Universes (film)|Parallel Universes]]", focusfocuses on history and emergence of M-theory, and scientists involved.

* [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/elegant-universe.html pbs.org-nova: elegant-uni]—2003 [[Emmy Award]]-winning–winning, three-hour miniseries by ''[[Nova (American TV program)|Nova]]'' with [[Brian Greene]], adapted from his ''[[The Elegant Universe]]'' (original [[PBS]] broadcast dates: October 28, 8–10 p.m. and November 4, 8–9 p.m., 2003).

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