"When Einstein, Weyl, and others began their work on unified field theory, it was natural to assume that this task consisted exclusively of the union of gravitation with electromagnetism. To be sure, the separateness of these two fields posed no conflicts or paradoxes. There were no puzzles such as the nor curious coincidences like the . Nevertheless, it seemed physically well-motivated and appealing to ask, Do nature's only two fields of force, both long-range in character, have a common origin?"
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