Gravity and Strings

Self-contained and comprehensive this definitive new edition of Gravity and Strings is a unique resource for graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics. From basic differential geometry through to the construction and study of black-hole and black-brane solutions in quantum gravity - via all the intermediate stages - this book provides a complete overview of the intersection of gravity supergravity and superstrings. Now fully revised this second edition covers an extensive array of topics including new material on non-linear electric-magnetic duality the electric-tensor formalism matter-coupled supergravity supersymmetric solutions the geometries of scalar manifolds appearing in 4- and 5-dimensional supergravities and much more. Covering reviews of important solutions and numerous solution-generating techniques and accompanied by an exhaustive index and bibliography this is an exceptional reference work.