Quantum Gravity at the Planck Length

Abstract

I describe our understanding of physics near the Planck length, in particular the great progress in the last four years in string theory. These are lectures presented at the 1998 SLAC Summer Institute.

33 pages, LaTeX, 11 epsf figures

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