SuperString Theory Book For Sale...

an1...@anon.penet.fi

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Jan 14, 1993, 2:24:29 PM1/14/93

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Hello,

I have the following book set I wish to sell:

SuperString Theory, by Green, Schwarz, & Witten, 1987.
Vol. 1 (list price $39.50)
Vol. 2 (list price $54.50)

Both volumes are in new condition with their jackets.

Asking $85 obo + shipping charges

Please respond to: man...@ams.sunysb.edu

Abe

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John C. Baez

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Jan 17, 1993, 4:53:27 PM1/17/93

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In article <1993Jan17.0...@fuug.fi> an1...@anon.penet.fi writes:
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>Hello,

>I have the following book set I wish to sell:

>SuperString Theory, by Green, Schwarz, & Witten, 1987.

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It's clear that string theory is dead when we start getting anonymous
posts from people wishing to sell their copies of Green, Schwarz and Witten.

Sushil Nariani

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Jan 17, 1993, 7:04:42 PM1/17/93

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In article <1993Jan17.2...@galois.mit.edu> jb...@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes:
>>SuperString Theory, by Green, Schwarz, & Witten, 1987.
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>posts from people wishing to sell their copies of Green, Schwarz and Witten.

:) clever, JB. But probably the salesman could'nt handle the math
[that being no ignominy].. you have to come up with a stronger proof
against Superstring :):)

Sushil

Dr Hong Kee Tonk

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Jan 17, 1993, 8:54:32 PM1/17/93

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jb...@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes:

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: It's clear that string theory is dead when we start getting anonymous

: posts from people wishing to sell their copies of Green, Schwarz and Witten.

Why? Who do you think he really is? :)

brett mcinnes

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Jan 19, 1993, 11:14:23 PM1/19/93

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Seriously though, I don't think he should sell. The book is a vast store
of fascinating stuff which uses serious mathematics and applies it to real
physical problems [the number of particle generations etc]. Would that the
same could be said of many subsequent developments. I would not be
surprised to see some of the ideas revived in other applications.

Matt Austern

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Jan 20, 1993, 7:28:58 AM1/20/93

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Especially since the ideas that are currently used for string theory
were themselves recycled from other applications! Don't forget that
string theory comes out of pre-QCD hadronic physics, and from S-matrix
theory.
--
Matthew Austern Just keep yelling until you attract a
(510) 644-2618 crowd, then a constituency, a movement, a
aus...@lbl.bitnet faction, an army! If you don't have any
ma...@physics.berkeley.edu solutions, become a part of the problem!