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In this review, we discuss various cosmological issues related to our Universe from a string theoretic perspective. We analyse the pre-big bang cosmological scenario which appears naturally in this context due to the existence of scale factor duality symmetry in string theory. We then discuss some of the attractive and problematic features of this scenario. Finally, we introduce a method which is powerful enough to search for cosmological solutions in various low energy limits of string theories.
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Maharana, J., Mukherji, S. String cosmology. Pramana - J Phys 53, 1105–1114 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-999-0069-9
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