• Ground-breaking study of the conceptual foundations of gauge theory
• First philosophical book on the subject
• Healey is a world-leader in the field
• Starting-point for new work in the philosophy of physics
• Offers to illuminate some of the most fundamental aspects of physical reality

Readership: Philosophers of science; physicists with an interest in the philosophical aspects of their subject

Richard Healey, University of Arizona

Introduction
1: What is a Gauge Theory?
2: The Aharonov-Bohm E¤ect
3: Classical Gauge Theories
4: Interpreting Classical Gauge Theories
5: Quantized Yang-Mills Gauge Theories
6: The Empirical Import of Gauge Symmetry
7: Loop Representations
8: Interpreting Quantized Yang-Mills Gauge Theories
9: Conclusions