Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Gauge Theories: a Historical Survey
arXiv:hep-th/9802142
Abstract
The personal and scientific history of the discovery of spontaneous symmetry breaking in gauge theories is outlined and its scientific content is reviewed
9 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures, reference added. Talks presented at the award ceremony of the 1997 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society (Jerusalem, 24 August 1997)