a tantalizing hint that not only interactions, but even 4-dimensional spacetime itself, may arise as a consequence of the symmetry breaking from 10 dimensions to 4!

It is a pleasure to thank David Griffiths, Phil Siemens, Tony Sudbery, and Pat Welch for comments on earlier versions of this work, Paul Davies for moral support, and Reed College for hospitality.

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