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TEXTBOOKS: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, by Michael E. Peskin and Daniel V. Schroeder (Addison Wesley) Spacetime and Geometry - An Introduction to General Relativity, by Sean M. Carroll (Addison Wesley) A First Course in String Theory, by Barton Zwiebach (Cambridge University Press) TABLE OF CONTENTS UNIT 1: The Klein-Gordon field (scalars) UNIT 2: The Dirac field (spinors) UNIT 3: Vector fields (photons, gluons, etc) UNIT 4: Curved spacetime (gravity) UNIT 5: Bosonic strings UNIT 6: Superstrings

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