BUSSTEPP LECTURES ON STRING THEORY An Introduction to String Theory and D-Brane Dynamics
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This paper comprises the written version of the lectures on string theory delivered at the 31st British Universities Summer School on Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics which was held in Manchester, England, August 28 – September 12 2001.
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