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The Status of String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

There have been many remarkable developments in our understanding of superstring theory in the past few years, a period that has been described as ``the second superstring revolution.'' Several of them are discussed here. The presentation is intended primarily for the benefit of nonexperts.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9711029,
  title  = {The Status of String Theory},
  author = {John H. Schwarz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9711029},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

16 pages, latex, two figures; minor corrections, references added

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