The past year has witnessed truly remarkable developments in our understanding of string theory. Fields, Strings and Duality — TASI 96 is an invaluable collection of review papers on the subject, contributed by the most prominent researchers in the field. This volume is a scientific treasure for graduate students, researchers and all others who are interested in the progress of theoretical physics.
Introduction to supersymmetry, J. Lykken; lectures on quantum geometry, B. Greene; magnetic monopoles, duality and supersymmetry, J. Harvey; K3 surfaces and string duality, P. Aspinwall; supersymmetry phenomenology (with a wide brush), M. Dine; supermembranes, M. Duff; introduction to F-theory, D. Morrison; electric-magnetic duality in supersymmetric quantum field theory, M. Peskin; lectures on D-branes, J. Polchinski; lectures on superstring and M theory dualities, J. Schwarz; non-perturbative quantum field theory, T. DeGrand; experimental aspects of the standard model, P. Drell; aspects of the electroweak theory, R. Peccei.