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A layman’s guide to M-theory. (English) Zbl 0978.81070

Bitar, Khalil (ed.) et al., Proceedings of the international conference on the mathematical sciences after the year 2000, Beirut, Lebanon, January 11-15, 1999. Singapore: World Scientific. 10-36 (2000).
Summary: The best candidate for a fundamental unified theory of all physical phenomena is no longer ten-dimensional superstring theory but rather eleven-dimensional M-theory. In the words of fields medalist Edward Witten, “M stands for ‘Magical’, ‘Mystery’ or ‘Membrane’, according to taste”. New evidence in favor of this theory is appearing daily on the internet and represents the most exciting development in the subject since 1984 when the superstring revolution first burst on the scene.
For the entire collection see [Zbl 0966.00022].

MSC:

81T30 String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory
81V22 Unified quantum theories
81-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory
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