A Quantum Universe Before the Big Bang(s), String Theory and Pre-big bang Cosmology, and High-energy collisions of particles, strings and branes.  

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Gabriele Veneziano who is a pioneer of String Theory. He has conducted most of his scientific activities at CERN , and held the Chair of Elementary Particles, Gravitation and Cosmology at the Collège de France in Paris till he retired.