string theory

[Euler]

curious about it. Can't find any books/papers on it that are scratching that itch. I want something that is more mathematical based rather than physics/cosmology.

anyone?

[Xaerve]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html

[Euler]

I've seen the nova program. I need something a little more acedemic. Thanks though. It was a good introduction. I am really looking for mathematical conjectures related to string. This post sounds snippy, I honestly don't mean it to. Maybe someone has a friend with a disertation/thesis?

[Kranar]

Good background reading would be The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose but if you already have a solid background in math and physics and just want to jump right into string theory then the book for you is String Theory by Polchinski.

[BigWorm]

Good luck. This is seriously deep shit. I doubt you'll be able to make much headway into the mathematics of string theory without at least an understanding of graduate level topics, but the wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory) gives you an introduction to the subject and a list of books and websites to research the matter more fully.

[Skeeter]

Quantum Gravity is the way to go.

[Sean of the Thread]

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t168/agnesall/apples.jpg

[Euler]

if you already have a solid background in math and physics

Math I am solid with, physics...not so much. It always seemed so applicable to real life and beneath study. Thanks for the title, I'll grab it.

[Jayvn]

I was almost interested in this thread..but once again I saw bigworms avatar and totally forgot wtf I was thinking about... man that's an awesome avatar.. congrats on distracting me from wtf i was doing for the last 8 or 9 months

[Valthissa]

Good background reading would be The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose but if you already have a solid background in math and physics and just want to jump right into string theory then the book for you is String Theory by Polchinski.

Did Penrose outright reject String Theory or is he just a skeptic?

I suppose I could just look for the answer myself...

C/Valth

[BigWorm]

I was almost interested in this thread..but once again I saw bigworms avatar and totally forgot wtf I was thinking about... man that's an awesome avatar.. congrats on distracting me from wtf i was doing for the last 8 or 9 months

You're telling me. It took me 8 tries to write this post.

[Sean of the Thread]

Watever..

AHHHHHHhhhh. Apples.. AHHHhhhhh.