David Bohm: Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women

Author:   Chris Talbot
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
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9783319856759


Pages:   446
Publication Date:   25 July 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Chris Talbot
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   6.847kg
ISBN:  

9783319856759


ISBN 10:   3319856758
Pages:   446
Publication Date:   25 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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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."

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I recommend David Bohm: Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women to those who are already familiar with Bohm's life and work, as Talbot's edition offers a great chance to deepen one's knowledge. (Christian Forstner, Isis, Vol. 111 (1), March, 2020)


“I recommend David Bohm: Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women to those who are already familiar with Bohm’s life and work, as Talbot’s edition offers a great chance to deepen one’s knowledge.” (Christian Forstner, Isis, Vol. 111 (1), March, 2020)


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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 early letters of David Bohm whom he greatly admired as a student with an interest in Marxist philosophy.

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