DAVID BOHM (1917–1992) was an American-born British theoretical physicist who was a leading expert in the fields of theoretical physics, neuropsychology and philosophy. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential theoretical physicists of the 20th century.
His lectures at Princeton developed into an influential textbook, QUANTUM THEORY (1951) , that contained a clear presentation of Niels Bohr's Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. While working on that book, Bohm came to believe that a causal (non-Copenhagen) interpretation was also possible, contrary to the view then almost universally held among physicists. Encouraged in this pursuit by conversations with Albert Einstein, he developed an interpretation on the assumption that there existed unobserved hidden variables.
By the time his theory was published in 1952, political problems had forced Bohm to emigrate. He had been involved in left-wing politics during World War II, which in the postwar climate of McCarthyism made him be seen as a security threat. He was suspended from teaching duties and in 1951 lost his job at Princeton. With Einstein's help, he found a position at the University of São Paulo and in 1955 at the Technion in Israel. After 1957 he worked in at the University of Bristol and then, from 1961 until retirement in 1987, as a professor of theoretical physics at Birkbeck College, University of London.
Initially ignored, the idea of hidden variables inspired interest after the publication of Bohm's CAUSALITY AND CHANCE IN MODERN PHYSICS (1957) , the prediction of the Aharonov-Bohm effect (1959), and especially after it led American physicist John Bell to discover the Bell inequality theorem (1964). Efforts to interpret quantum theory changed as a result of Bohm's work, with discussion shifting to the issues of nonlocality, nonseparability, and entanglement.
Bohm's later publications became increasingly philosophical, exploring the nature of consciousness, with particular attention to the role of thought as it relates to attention, motivation, and conflict in the individual and in society. The influence of Marxism on him gave way first to Hegelianism and then theosophy through the teachings of the Indian mystic Jiddu Krishnamurti, with whom he co-wrote THE ENDING OF TIME (1985) and several other works. His most famous later book, WHOLENESS AND THE IMPLICATE ORDER (1980) , also dealt with the broader issues of the human condition and consciousness, developing a theory of quantum physics which treats the totality of existence as an unbroken whole.
The following books are in ePUB and/or PDF format as noted:
* Bohm-Biederman Correspondence (Routledge, 2002). P. Pylkkänen, ed. – PDF
* Causality and Chance in Modern Physics (Routledge, 1984) – PDF
* Causality and Chance, Letters to 3 Women (Springer, 2017). C. Talbot, ed. – PDF
* David Bohm's Critique of Modern Physics (Springer, 2020). C. Talbot, ed. – PDF
* Ending of Time, The [with J. Krishnamurti] (HarperOne, 2014) – ePUB
* Essential David Bohm, The (Routledge, 2002). L. Nichol, ed. – PDF
* Future of Humanity, The [with J. Krishnamurti] (Harper & Row, 1986) – PDF
* Limits of Thought [with J. Krishnamurti] (Routledge, 2003) – ePUB + PDF
* On Creativity (Routledge, 2004). L. Nichol, ed. – ePUB
* On Dialogue (Routledge, 2004). L. Nichol, ed. – ePUB + PDF
* Quantum Theory (Prentice-Hall, 1951 / Dover, 1989) – ePUB + PDF
* Science, Order and Creativity [with F. Peat] (Routledge, 2011) – ePUB + PDF
* Special Theory of Relativity (Routledge, 2006) – ePUB + PDF
* Thought as a System (Routledge, 2004) – PDF
* Transformation of Man [with J. Krishnamurti] (Harper & Row, 1978) – ePUB + PDF
* Truth and Actuality [with J. Krishnamurti] (Harper & Row, 1978) – ePUB + PDF
* Undivided Universe, The [with B.J. Hiley] (Routledge, 1993) – PDF
* Unfolding Meaning (Routledge, 2005) – PDF (from a very poor original scan)
* Wholeness and the Implicate Order (Routledge, 2005) – ePUB + PDF
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