Kaluza,Klein, confinement,and nuclear forces

The nonsymmetric Kaluza-Klein and Jordan-Thiry theories are reviewed as interesting propositions of physics in higher dimensions. It is shown how a dielectric model of confinement can be derived from interference effects in these theories. It is postulated that the old puzzle of nuclear physics,-particles, can be connected to the skewon fieldg _v] and the scalar field in the nonsymmetric Jordan-Thiry theory. Similarities are pointed out between the nonsymmetric Jordan-Thiry Lagrangian in the flat space limit and the soliton bag model Lagrangian. Finally the nonsymmetric Jordan-Thiry Lagrangian is proposed as the bosonic part of the strong interaction Lagrangian.On leave of absence from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Science, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland.