David Bohm: Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women

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, probab...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Talbot, Chris
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 Introduction: Introduction
  • The Causal Interpretation and Causality and Chance
  • Bohm After Brazil
  • Growing Recognition of Bohm's Causal Interpretation
  • Introduction to the Letters
  • Bohm's Philosophy as Revealed by the Letters
  • Bohm on Mathematics
  • Development of the Causal Interpretation
  • Notes on Probabilty and Statistical Mechanics
  • Bohm and Feminism
  • Bohm and Politics
  • The USSR, Philosophy and Science
  • A "Precious Being" in Adversity
  • Part 2 The Letters: Letters to Hanna Loewy, 1950
  • Letters to Hanna Loeewy and Lilly Kahler, 1951-53
  • Letters to Melba Phillips, October-December, 1951
  • Letters to Melba Phillips, 1952
  • Letters to Melba Phillips, 1953-4.-Letters to Melba Phillips, 1955-6
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, October-December, 1951
  • Letters Miriam Yevick, 1952, Part 1
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, 1952, Part 2
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, 1952 Part 3
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, 1952, Part 4
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, 1952, Part 5
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, 1953, Part 1
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, 1953, Part 2.-Letters to Miriam Yevick,1953, Part 3
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, 1954, Part 1
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, 1954, Part 2
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, 1954, Part 3
  • Letters to Miriam Yevick, 1954, Part 4
  • Single Pages of Letters to Miriam Yevick and Letter to George Yevick