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David Bohm's Critique of Modern Physics: Letters to Jeffrey Bub, 1966-1969

By Chris Talbot

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Springer
Year
2020
ISBN
9783030455361, 9783030455378
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-45537-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4003096 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XII, 375\382
Time added
2021-01-06 05:41:07
Physics; History and Philosophical Foundations of

Description

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.

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