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During this century, two great physical theories have emerged. Each theory remains unchallenged within its respective domain.
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Kaku, M. (1991). Introduction to Superstrings. In: Strings, Conformal Fields, and Topology. Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0397-8_1
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