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Best books to learn String theory, in order

String theory is one of the most prerequisite-heavy subjects in physics, so honest reading orders separate the popular survey from the real thing. Start with accessible accounts to grasp what problem it tries to solve (unifying gravity and quantum theory), then the conceptual scaffolding—extra dimensions, supersymmetry, branes—before any technical text, which demands quantum field theory and general relativity first.

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