String Theory and the Real World (Second Edition)

Gordon Kane

ISBN 10: 0750335815 / ISBN 13: 9780750335812

Published by Institute of Physics Publishing, 2021

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Title: String Theory and the Real World (Second ...

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing

Publication Date: 2021

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Edition: 2nd Edition

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Synopsis:

This book provides an enthusiastic view of how compactified string/M-theories, plus data that may be reachable, have the possibility of leading to a comprehensive underlying theory describing our physical world, particle physics and cosmology, gravity and quantum theory, perhaps soon.

About the Author:

Gordon Kane is the Victor Weisskopf Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan and Director Emeritus at the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics (MCTP, now Leinweber Center), a leading center for the advancement of theoretical physics. He was director of the MCTP from 2005-2011 and Victor Weisskopf Collegiate Professor of Physics from 2002-2011. He received the Lilienfeld Prize from the American Physical Society in 2012, and the J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics in 2017.Kane is an internationally recognized scientific leader in theoretical and phenomenological particle physics, and theories for physics beyond the Standard Model. In recent years he has been a leader in string phenomenology. Kane has been with the University of Michigan since 1965.