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    String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007
    String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007
    String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007
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    String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007

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    This book is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics."
    • Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in String Theory, and Cosmology
    • Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments
    • Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateJul 29, 2008
    ISBN9780080951515
    String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007

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