I think Brian Greene may have another book called THE FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE or something like that, which might have even more on string theory. Also, doesn't Lisa Randall have a book?
Okay, here's what I have on my shelf. All popular level, no texts here:
These I have read & like: Brian Greene - THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS Paul Steinhardt & Neil Turok - THE ENDLESS UNIVERSE, BEYOND THE BIG BANG
These are on the to-do list: F. David Peat - SUPERSTRINGS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Leonard Susskind - THE COSMIC LANDSCAPE; STRING THEORY AND THE ILLUSION OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN
These two are critical of string theory, but pretty good: Lee Smolin - THE TROUBLE WITH PHYSICS Peter Woit - NOT EVEN WRONG; THE FAILURE OF STRING THEORY & THE SEARCH FOR UNITY IN PHYSICAL LAW
At the popular level, Brian Greene's Elegant Universe is probably the best bet. Lisa Randall's Warped Passages is certainly good but isn't really about string theory.
I'd actually say not to bother with the books by Susskind, Smolin, and Woit that stargzr_htn mentioned up thread. They're all of them playing out an academic war in the popular press, overselling their respective positions, and there are much better and more reliable ways to learn about the actual science.
At a textbook level, Barton Zwiebach has a string theory text designed for undergraduates, and the introductory chapter to the textbook by Green, Schwarz, and Witten does fairly well at conveying the basic ideas and successes of string theory in an intuitive matter.
In case it's useful, the classic texts are the one by Green, Schwarz, and Witten, and the somewhat more modern text by Polchinski. (Clifford Johnson also has a textbook, but that one I haven't read.)
There's a professor at the college I go to and he specializes in String Theory. I haven't read the books yet, so I don't know if this helps but try looking up any string theory books by Michio Kaku.
There are ISBNs for the String Theory book here (Just scroll all the way down):
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The Elegant Universe is a good layman's version. I can't help if you are after a textbook.
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These I have read & like:
Brian Greene - THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS
Paul Steinhardt & Neil Turok - THE ENDLESS UNIVERSE, BEYOND THE BIG BANG
These are on the to-do list:
F. David Peat - SUPERSTRINGS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Leonard Susskind - THE COSMIC LANDSCAPE; STRING THEORY AND THE ILLUSION OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN
These two are critical of string theory, but pretty good:
Lee Smolin - THE TROUBLE WITH PHYSICS
Peter Woit - NOT EVEN WRONG; THE FAILURE OF STRING THEORY & THE SEARCH FOR UNITY IN PHYSICAL LAW
Hope this helps.
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I'd actually say not to bother with the books by Susskind, Smolin, and Woit that stargzr_htn mentioned up thread. They're all of them playing out an academic war in the popular press, overselling their respective positions, and there are much better and more reliable ways to learn about the actual science.
At a textbook level, Barton Zwiebach has a string theory text designed for undergraduates, and the introductory chapter to the textbook by Green, Schwarz, and Witten does fairly well at conveying the basic ideas and successes of string theory in an intuitive matter.
In case it's useful, the classic texts are the one by Green, Schwarz, and Witten, and the somewhat more modern text by Polchinski. (Clifford Johnson also has a textbook, but that one I haven't read.)
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There are ISBNs for the String Theory book here (Just scroll all the way down):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku
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