Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION 3
6. PART I. Gravitation and Electromagnetism
7. 1. Gauge Transformations in Classical Electromagnetism 13
8. 2. Aftermath of Einstein's Gravitational Theory 38
9. 3. Generalizations of Einstein's Theory 44
10. 4. The Renaissance of Weyl's Idea: EM Gauge Theory 77
11. 5. Weyl's Classic, 1929 107
12. PART II. The Nuclear Interactions
13. 6. Klein's Serendipity, 1938 147
14. 7. Pauli's Dimensional Reduction, 1953 166
15. 8. The Yang-Mills Theory, 1953-54 182
16. 9. Shaw's 50(2) Approach, 1954-55 197
17. 10. Utiyama's General Approach, 1954-55 208
18. CONCLUSION 240
19. REFERENCES 243
20. INDEX 247