From SU(3) to Gravity

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Groups and Gauges: 1. Aharonov-Bohm effect for neutral particles Y. Aharonov and A. Casher; 2. Monopolar harmonics in SUf(3) as eigenstates of the Skyrme-Witten model for baryons L. C. Biedenharn and Y. Dothan; 3. Metric spacetime from field propagation on fractal structures F. Englert; 4. Fermions living in a space of Lie groups Y. Nambu; 5. General covariance and the passive equations of physics S. Sternberg; Part II. Particles: 6. The photon structure function and the total Hadronic cross section G. Alexander; 7. The encounter on the bus G. Goldhaber; 8. Symmetry of wave functions for 'like' unstable particles M. Goldhaber and J. Weneser; 9. Scales of compositeness for quarks and leptons H. Harari; 10. Analytical calculations of masses in Hamiltonian lattice theories D. Horn; 11. Methods of theoretical physics in hydrodynamical turbulence B. Levich and E. Levich; 12. Some history of large N physics H. Lipkin; 13. Whither grand unification: experimental tests of B - L gauge groups R. E. Marshak and R. N. Mohaptra; 14. QCD inequalities S. Nussinov; 15. Supersymmetric quantum mechanics in 3-dimensional space G. Takeda; 16. SU(3) in nuclear physics I. Talmi; Part III. Science Policy: 17. Science policy and the universities models and planning in Japan N. Fukuda; 18. Israel in the information age: a technological perspective A. Penzias; 19. Government, science and technology - twilight of the gods I. Rabi; 20. Observational cosmology; the space telescope and science planning E. E. Salpeter; 21. Refugee scientists and nuclear energy E. Segrè; Part IV. Astronomy and Astrophysics: 22. The solar neutrino problem: astronomy or physics? J. Bahcall; 23. Mass loss from cool stars L. Goldberg; 24. Speculation in cosmology Sir Fred Hoyle; 25. Cosmic superfluidity: the evidence for superfluidity in neutron stars D. Pines; 26. Remarks on stellar clusters E. Teller; Part V. Gravity and Supergravity: 27. On topologically massive hypergravity C. Aragone and S. Deser; 28. On the dynamics of the torsion of spacetime: exact solutions in a gauge theoretical model of gravity P. Baekler and F. W. Hehl; 29. Representations of compact semi-simple Lie groups with meridian sections L. Michel; 30. Constraints in conformal simple supergravity P. van Nieuwenhuizen; 31. York's cosmic time versus proper time as relevant to changes in the dimensionless 'constants', K-meson decay and the unity of black hole and big crunch A. Qadir and J. A. Wheeler; 32. Discrete Yang-Mills theories T. Regge; 33. On plane waves and nullicles I. Robinson; 34. Gravitational energy and bimetric general relativity N. Rosen; 35. Quantum measurement and dynamical maps E. C. G. Sudarshan; 36. An alternative to general relativity S. Weinberg; Appendix.