David Bohm: A Life Dedicated to Understanding the Quantum World

Springer Verlag (2019)
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This authoritative biography addresses the life and work of the quantum physicist David Bohm. Although quantum physics is considered the soundest physical theory, its strange and paradoxical features have challenged - and continue to challenge - even the brightest thinkers. David Bohm dedicated his entire life to enhancing our understanding of quantum mysteries, in particular quantum nonlocality. His work took place at the height of the cultural/political upheaval in the 1950's, which led him to become the most notable American scientist to seek exile in the last century. The story of his life is as fascinating as his ideas on the quantum world are appealing.

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9783030227142   9783030227159   3030227170   3030227146

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The Legacy of David Bohm in Physics—An Essay in Scientometry

In the previous chapters I have analyzed the ensemble [aut]Scientometry David Bohm’s scientific works, including their concepts, their mathematical structure, their interaction with experiments, their influence among physicists, and his recognition among this professional community. Now I take a sli... see more

Epilogue

In the years following Bohm’s death there was rising recognition of his contributions to physics and philosophy. While some of this recognition came through accolades and historical and philosophical works on Bohm’s life and work, the most influential and lasting came through the people who had been... see more

The Quest for Compatibility Between the Causal Interpretation and the Wholeness Approach

In the 1980s, Bohm would spend more and more time dealing with a pressing challenge. The persistent quest to understand the quantum theory would lead him to look for a compatibility between his old causal interpretation and the recent wholeness approach. The pressure rose when some of his and Hiley’... see more

From the Causal Interpretation to the Wholeness and Order—The First Stage of the London Years

In hindsight, the thirty years David Bohm spent in London, as a Professor at Birkbeck College, were the calmest years of his life, at least compared to the anxieties of the previous decades. However, the first stage of his years in London was marked by meaningful intellectual changes, both in scienc... see more

The Long Campaign for the Causal Interpretation . Brazil, Israel, and the U.K.

When David Bohm left the US for Brazil in early October 1951, he would never have imagined that his recently finished paper on the hidden-variable [aut]Quantum mechanics quantum mechanics would lead him to a decade-long campaign for the then so-called causal interpretation of this physical theory.

Teaching and Doing Research at Princeton, Caught up in the Cold War Storms

The years Bohm spent [aut]Scientific style [aut]Cold War to exhibit his potential skills as a physicist and his political and social mind. In the almost five years he stayed at Princeton he matured as a creative scientist but also experienced the most traumatic and damaging events. He pursued a rese... see more

From Wilkes-Barre to a Physics Ph.D. at Berkeley

In 1941, David Joseph Bohm moved from Caltech, where he had arrived in 1939, to the University of California at Berkeley to advance his doctoral degree under the supervision of Julius Oppenheimer, J.R.. Earlier, at high school in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and at the Pennsylvania State College, he had alread... see more

Introduction: Living Through Cold War Storms, Attempting to Understand the Quantum

Biographies are usually of interest because we may learn from them about the life of a person, their singularities in the plethora of humankind, as well as about the times in which the person lived. This is the case of David Joseph Bohm, a physicist who was born in the US, in 1917, educated there, l... see more

Teaching and Doing Research at Princeton, Caught up in the Cold War Storms (1947–1951)

The years Bohm spent [aut]Scientific style (empirical, pragmatic, instrumentalist style)[aut]Cold War to exhibit his potential skills as a physicist and his political and social mind. In the almost five years he stayed at Princeton he matured as a creative scientist but also experienced the most tra... see more

The Long Campaign for the Causal Interpretation (1952–1960). Brazil, Israel, and the U.K.

When David Bohm left the US for Brazil in early October 1951, he would never have imagined that his recently finished paper on the hidden-variable [aut]Quantum mechanics (interpretations, teaching)quantum mechanics (interpretations) would lead him to a decade-long campaign for the then so-called cau... see more

From the Causal Interpretation to the Wholeness and Order—The First Stage of the London Years (1960–1979)

In hindsight, the thirty years David Bohm spent in London, as a Professor at Birkbeck College, were the calmest years of his life, at least compared to the anxieties of the previous decades. However, the first stage of his years in London was marked by meaningful intellectual changes, both in scienc... see more

From Wilkes-Barre to a Physics Ph.D. at Berkeley (1917–1945)

In 1941, David Joseph Bohm moved from Caltech, where he had arrived in 1939, to the University of California at Berkeley to advance his doctoral degree under the supervision of Julius Oppenheimer, J.R.. Earlier, at high school in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and at the Pennsylvania State College, he had alread... see more

The Quest for Compatibility Between the Causal Interpretation and the Wholeness Approach (1979–1992)

In the 1980s, Bohm would spend more and more time dealing with a pressing challenge. The persistent quest to understand the quantum theory would lead him to look for a compatibility between his old causal interpretation and the recent wholeness approach. The pressure rose when some of his and Hiley’... see more

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