Overview
Wiith a Foreword by Jeffrey Bub
Bears witness to the creative philosophy developed by a brilliant physicist
Shows how metaphysics -- process philosophy and Indian panpsychism -- are central to Bohm’s science
Reveals Bohm’s opposition to the dominance of formal mathematics in physics
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In the letters contained in this book, David Bohm argues that the dominant formal, mathematical approach in physics is seriously flawed. In the 1950s and 60s, Bohm took a direction unheard of for a professor of theoretical physics: while still researching in physics, working among others with Yakir Aharanov and later Jeffrey Bub, he also spent time studying “metaphysics”—such as Hegel’s dialectics and Indian panpsychism. 50 years on, questions raised about the direction and philosophical assumptions of theoretical physics show that Bohm’s arguments still have contemporary relevance.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
A lifelong socialist, Chris Talbot has a PhD in General Relativity. He lectured in mathematics at the University of Huddersfield, researching in Engineering Mathematics. Now retired he has returned to work on the letters of David Bohm whom he greatly admired as a student with an interest in Marxist philosophy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: David Bohm's Critique of Modern Physics
Book Subtitle: Letters to Jeffrey Bub, 1966-1969
Editors: Chris Talbot
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45537-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45536-1Published: 31 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45539-2Published: 01 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45537-8Published: 30 July 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 375
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Science, Quantum Physics, Philosophy of Science