1996/07/08 by John H. Schwarz, Schwarz, John H.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9607067
8 pages, latex, 2 figures; Colloquium-level lecture presented at the Sakharov Conference (Moscow, May 1996)
arxiv created 1996/07/08 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Recent developments in superstring theory have led to major advances in understanding. After reviewing where things stood earlier, we sketch the impact of recently identified dualities and D-branes, as well as a hidden eleventh dimension.