Articles on String Theorists, Including: Edward Witten, Steven Weinberg, Michio Kaku, Brian Greene, Michael Duff, Juan Martan Maldacena, Leonard Susskind, Ashoke Sen, Joseph Polchinski, Cumrun Vafa, Andrew Strominger, Nathan Seiberg

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Genres: Science

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 2011

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