“ For the understanding 'String Theory', following are the pre-requisitions:
- Classical Mechanics by Goldstein
- Classical Electrodynamics by Jackson
- Quantum Electrodynamics by Greiner
- Quantum Electrodynamics by R. Feynman
- Advanced Quantum Mechanics by Sakurai
- Quantum Gravity by Carlo Rovelli
- Quantum Field Theory by Mandl and Shaw
- Advanced General Theory of Relativity by John Stewart
And before starting these books, you have to read a few more books for Basic Build up. Those are :
Classical Mechanics by Taylor
Waves and Oscillation by Walter Fox Smith
Vibrations and Waves by AP French
Introduction to classical electrodynamics by David J. Griffiths
Quantum Mechanics by Shankar
Modern Quantum Mechanics by Sakurai
& before that One needs to learn the necessary mathematics :
Basic Differentiation and integration
Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
Complex Analysis
Vector Analysis
Probability and Statistics
Group Theory and Representation Theory
Calculus of variations / Multivariate Calculus
Series and Special Functions
Differential Geometry
Tensor Analysis
Clifford Algebra
Lie Algebra ( will be covered in advanced group theory)
Riemann and Non Euclidean Geometry
Banach Algebra and many more
After these finishes, I think that the string theory will be somewhat understandable. ”