David Bohm
A Life Dedicated to Understanding the Quantum World
Authors: Freire Junior, Olival
Free Preview- A stimulating story told with attention to both historical and scientific accuracy
- Gives deep insights into Bohm's struggle with quantum strangeness
- Traces the evolution of our understanding of quantum mechanics
- Provides a window onto 20th century science and politics
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Olival Freire Jr. is Professor of Physics and History of Physics at the Universidade Federal da Bahia. In Brazil, he earned a Ph.D. in History (USP) and is fellow at the CNPq. He was researcher at MIT, Harvard, Université de Paris VII, the University of Maryland, and the American Institute of Physics. He is also author of “The Quantum Dissidents – Rebuilding the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics 1950-1990”, Springer, 2015.
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“Freire’ book is not only enriching those already interested in David Bohm and the history of quantum mechanics. It also shows what a scientific biography can do for the historical understanding of physics. The book is highly recommended.” (Christian Forstner, Physics in Perspective, Vol. 22, 2020)
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction: Living Through Cold War Storms, Attempting to Understand the Quantum
Pages 1-18
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From Wilkes-Barre to a Physics Ph.D. at Berkeley (1917–1945)
Pages 19-45
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Teaching and Doing Research at Princeton, Caught up in the Cold War Storms (1947–1951)
Pages 47-76
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The Long Campaign for the Causal Interpretation (1952–1960). Brazil, Israel, and the U.K.
Pages 77-117
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From the Causal Interpretation to the Wholeness and Order—The First Stage of the London Years (1960–1979)
Pages 119-168
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- David Bohm
- Book Subtitle
- A Life Dedicated to Understanding the Quantum World
- Authors
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- Olival Freire Junior
- Series Title
- Springer Biographies
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-22715-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-22715-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-22714-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-22717-3
- Series ISSN
- 2365-0613
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 250
- Topics
