David Bohm: Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women [E-Book] / by Chris Talbot.
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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| Personal Name(s): | Talbot, Chris, author |
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1st ed. 2017. |
| Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2017
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| Physical Description: |
X, 446 pages 25 illustrations (online resource) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9783319554921 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-55492-1 |
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- 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.