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A unified theory embracing all physical phenomena is a major goal of theoretical physics. In the early 1980s, many physicists looked to eleven-dimensional supergravity in the hope that it might provide that elusive superunified theory. In 1984 supergravity was knocked off its pedestal by ten-dimensional superstrings, one-dimensional objects whose vibrational modes represent the elementary particles. Superstrings provided a perturbative finite theory of gravity which, after compactification to four spacetime dimensions, seemed in principle capable of explaining the Standard Model. Despite these major successes, however, nagging doubts persisted about superstrings. Then in 1987 and 1992 the elementary supermembrane and its dual partner, the solitonic superfivebrane, were discovered. These are supersymmetric extended objects with respectively two and five dimensions moving in an eleven-dimensional spacetime. Over the period since 1996, perturbative superstrings have been superseded by a new nonperturbative called M-theory, which describes supermembranes and superfivebranes, subsumes string theories, and has as its low-energy limit, eleven-dimensional supergravity. M-theory represents the most exciting development in the subject since 1984 when the superstring revolution first burst on the scene. The first book devoted to M-theory, The World in Eleven Dimensions: Supergravity, Supermembranes and M-Theory brings together seminal papers that have shaped our current understanding of this eleven-dimensional world, from supergravity through supermembranes to M-theory. Each chapter includes commentaries intended to explain the importance of these papers and to place them in a wider perspective. Each chapter also has an extensive bibliography. The book is of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in particle physics, mathematical physics, gravitation, and cosmology.

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Elementary particles --- Theory of relativity. Unified field theory --- Quantum mechanics. Quantumfield theory --- Supersymmetry --- Supergravity --- Unified theories --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Symmetry (Physics) --- Superunified theories --- General relativity (Physics) --- Quantum theory

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Supergravity --- -Supersymmetry --- -Unified theories --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Symmetry (Physics) --- Superunified theories --- Unified theories --- General relativity (Physics) --- Quantum theory --- Supersymmetry --- Congresses --- Congresses. --- -Congresses

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"Supergravity, together with string theory, is one of the most significant developments in theoretical physics. Although there are many books on string theory, this is the first-ever authoritative and systematic account of supergravity. Written by two of the most respected workers in the field, it provides a solid introduction to the fundamentals of supergravity. It starts by reviewing aspects of relativistic field theory in Minkowski spacetime. After introducing the relevant ingredients of differential geometry and gravity, some basic supergravity theories (D=4 and D=11) and the main gauge theory tools are explained. In the second half of the book, complex geometry and N=1 and N=2 supergravity theories are covered. Classical solutions and a chapter on AdS/CFT complete the book. Numerous exercises and examples make it ideal for Ph.D. students and with applications to model building, cosmology and solutions of supergravity theories, it is also invaluable to researchers"--

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Supergravity --- -Superstring theories --- -Supersymmetry --- -Unified theories --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Symmetry (Physics) --- Superstrings (Nuclear physics) --- Theories, Superstring --- String models --- Superunified theories --- Unified theories --- General relativity (Physics) --- Quantum theory --- Supersymmetry --- Congresses --- Superstring theories --- Congresses. --- -Congresses