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This book is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics."
- Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in String Theory, and Cosmology
- Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments
- Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts
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CosmologyTable of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright page
- École de Physique des Houches
- Previous sessions
- Organizers
- Lecturers
- Participants
- Foreword
- Course 1: Topics in String Phenomenology
- Course 2: Orientifolds, and the Search for the Standard Model in String Theory
- Course 3: Lectures on Supersymmetry Breaking
- Course 4: Supersymmetry and the Real World
- Course 5: LES Houches Lectures on Cosmology and Fundamental Theory
- Course 6: Spontaneous Breaking of Space-Time Symmetries
- Course 7: The Standard Model from D-branes in String Theory
- Course 8: Non-Renormalisation Theorems in Superstring and Supergravity Theories
- Course 9: Preparing the LHC Experiments for First Data
- Course 10: String Theory, Gravity and Experiment
- Course 11: Aspects of Hagedorn Holography
- Course 12: Lectures on Constructing String Vacua
- Course 13: Gauge-String Dualities and some Applications
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