Aspects of M Theory and Phenomenology

Abstract

A brief review is presented of selected topics, including a world-sheet formulation of M theory, couplings and scales in M phenomenology, the perils of baryon decay and the possible elevation of free-fermion models to true M- or F-theory compactifications.

Comments: 10 pages, no figures, Talk presented at the Workshop on Phenomenological Applications of String Theories, ICTP, Trieste, October 1997