Overview
Illuminates a crucial period (1950-56) in David Bohm's intellectual development
Reveals the background, scientific, philosophical and political to David Bohm's book Causality and Chance in Modern Physics
Bears witness to the vital intellectual and emotional support that David Bohm received from three women in the 1950-56 period
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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About this book
The letters transcribed in this book were written by physicist David Bohm to three close female acquaintances in the period 1950 to 1956. They provide a background to his causal interpretation of quantum mechanics and the Marxist philosophy that inspired his scientific work in quantum theory, probability and statistical mechanics. In his letters, Bohm reveals the ideas that led to his ground breaking book Causality and Chance in Modern Physics. The political arguments as well as the acute personal problems contained in these letters help to give a rounded, human picture of this leading scientist and twentieth century thinker.
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Book Title: David Bohm: Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women
Editors: Chris Talbot
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55492-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55491-4Published: 25 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85675-9Published: 25 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55492-1Published: 17 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 446
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations
Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Quantum Physics, Philosophy of Mind, History of Science