What is String Theory?
Abstract
Description
The first part is an introduction to conformal field theory and string perturbation theory. The second part deals with the search for a deeper answer to the question posed in the title. Contents:
1. Conformal Field Theory
2. String Theory
3. Vacua and Dualities
4. String Field Theory or Not String Field Theory
5. Matrix Models
153 pages, 30 figures. Lectures presented at the 1994 Les Houches Summer School ``Fluctuating Geometries in Statistical Mechanics and Field Theory.'' (also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/lh94/ )
153 pages, 30 figures. Lectures presented at the 1994 Les Houches Summer School ``Fluctuating Geometries in Statistical Mechanics and Field Theory.'' (also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/lh94/ )