Causality and Chance in Modern PhysicsUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 1957 - 170 Seiten In this classic, David Bohm was the first to offer us his causal interpretation of the quantum theory. Causality and Chance in Modern Physics continues to make possible further insight into the meaning of the quantum theory and to suggest ways of extending the theory into new directions. |
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Causality in Natural Processes | 2 |
More General Criteria for Causal Relationships | 10 |
LASTON | 16 |
The Theory of Probability | 25 |
Conclusion | 32 |
Developments away from Mechanism in Classical | 39 |
Field Theories and Mechanism | 45 |
THE QUANTUM THEORY | 64 |
Renunciation of Concept of Continuity in | 89 |
The Usual Interpretation of the Quantum Theory | 101 |
Brief Historical Survey of Proposals for Alternative | 109 |
MORE GENERAL CONCEPT OF NATURAL | 130 |
More Detailed Exposition of the Meaning | 137 |
Reciprocal Relationships and the Approximate | 143 |
On the Abstract Character of the Notion | 153 |
Reversibility versus Irreversibility of the Laws | 160 |
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