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"For information on his work at Berkeley and his dealings with HUAC, or is it HCUA"


for discussion of whether it's HUAC or HCUA, see House Committee on Un-American Activities discussion wherein it is claimed HCUA is correct, and join the fray.

Did he die Oct 22 or Oct 27? Kwantus 20:30, 2005 Jan 1 (UTC)

  • I looked up the NYT obituary on ProQuest and it said Oct. 27. --Fastfission 21:18, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] typo

"Pribram believes that if psychology is to understand the conditions that produce the world of appearances, it must hook to the thinking of physicists like Bohm."

"Pribram believes that if psychology is to understand the conditions that produce the world of appearances, it must look to the thinking of physicists like Bohm."

is this a typo? either word works, but i assumed that the intended word was hook . . . Heah 01:32, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] rewrite

The long quote should be paraphrased and summarized.—Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcAurel (talk • contribs) 03:04, February 2, 2006

I beg to strongly differ. Please do not dumb down wikipedia. Please leave these quotes in. If this part doesn't keep someone's attention, they may go read a comic book version of Bohm's life and achievements. I'm thinking of the high school students, particularly, who often are only exposed to deep, time-consuming ideas through brief intros provided by wikipedia. I find this PARTICULAR series of quotes to be a depth of coverage not only interesting but also an integral part of what makes Bohm such a great thinker. Making the effort to understand difficult things should be encouraged. Those who are able to go further intellectually, in ALL fields, need to feel there are real gains, possibly altruistic, in addition to -- or aside from -- personal satisfaction or monetary gain, to do so. Cmberger (talk) 20:02, 29 November 2007 (UTC)Cynthia Berger

Why in the world is McCarthyism cited in External References? If Bohm suffered because of McCarthyism, that should be stated in the article.207.112.6.120 (talk) 03:22, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I just came to this page and found the quote to be invaluable in the research I was doing. What surprises me is that this section was flagged as having readability issues simply because of a quote viewed as too extensive. First, I think it's always preferable to put in the subject's own words, and this was the right choice here. Secondly, I, like the other commenter, am fearful we are dumbing things down when we are cautionary of descriptions or (direct quotes in particular are targets) that go beyond a sentence or two. This section was well done. ----J. Sewell

[edit] questionable formulation?

made significant contributions in the fields of [...], and to scientists working on the Manhattan Project.

How do you make a contribution to a scientist? Could that first sentence be rewritten such that it is a little clearer to whether he contributed to the project or to the science behind? \Mike(z) 23:06, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

That is exactly what I thought on seeing it, and one has to concldue, after this long an interval, that the answer is no. I wonder where it was quoted from? Midgley 20:29, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Parked

"who made significant contributions in the fields of theoretical physics, philosophy and neuropsychology, and to scientists working on the Manhattan Project"

Needs backup Midgley 20:30, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing Word Inserted

I edited the phrase

"Thought doesn't know it is doing something and then it struggles against it is doing."

to read this way:

"Thought doesn't know it is doing something and then it struggles against what it is doing."

(Italics added only to highlight the inserted word.)

I Googled the phrase and discovered that several Bohm hagiographic web sites copy this erroneous quote verbatim from Wikipedia. A few, however, have spotted the error and fixed it -- on THEIR web site!

Timothy Campbell 17:35, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] When did he die?

At the top of the page it says "David Joseph Bohm (born December 20, 1917 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, died October 27, 1992 in London) "

Yet towards the bottom it informs us "David Bohm died of a heart attack in London on October 27, 1994."

Sorry, I don't know about this, I was just reading the page and noticed the inconsistency.

Cheers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.89.240.153 (talk) 12:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Bohm's time at Birkbeck

Hi, there seems to be no mention of Bohm's time at Birkbeck College London, when I was a student there. Would like to chase this up and put something in - what do the other editors on this page feel about it?

A very good account of Bohm's contribution to quantum theory is Peter R. Holland's 'Quantum Theory of Motion'. Holland was a student of Bohm, last time I talked to him teaching in UWE Bristol. The book is a systematic exposition of Bohm's very original contribution.

I also have a rather aged work by de Broglie in which he acknowledges Bohm's contribution - would be nice to source this also on this page.

Alan XAX Freeman 22:59, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

In 1961, Bohm was made Professor of Theoretical Physics at Birkbeck College London, where his collected papers are kept. This sentence is in the section on The Aharonov-Bohm effect. Feel free to expand on it.--Blainster 20:54, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
OK thnks will try to gather thoughts and info from former pupils, and put something in.

Alan XAX Freeman 21:45, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I am thinking about this too, and also about a page for Basil Hiley. Keith Bowden

k.bowden@physics.bbk.ac.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Keithbowden (talk • contribs) 18:29, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Thought as a System"

As someone else pointed out a year and a half ago, the quoted material in this section is way too long and needs to be trimmed substantially. I'm hoping somebody who's worked on the article in the past will take this on and do it right, as I am overloaded with other work at present. Cgingold 12:06, 28 August 2007 (UTC)