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Infinite Potential

Infinite Potential

The Life and Times of David Bohm
November 1997
Trade Paperback · 380 Pages
$17.00 U.S. · $20.50 CAN · £11.99 U.K. · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780201328202
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Description

Infinite Potential is the first biography of David Bohm — brilliant physicist, explorer of consciousness, student of Oppenheimer, friend to Einstein, and enemy of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Although he battled bouts of crippling depression, Bohm proved to be one of the twentieth century's most original thinkers, influencing the fields of physics, philosophy, psychology, language, and education. In this compelling narrative, David Peat explains Bohm's life and landmark scientific work, including his famous hidden variables causal interpretation of quantum mechanics, which created a storm of controversy, yet may well be the only theory that describes the true nature of reality.

About the Author

F. David Peat, renowned author of many general books on science — including, with David Bohm, Science, Order & Creativity — was a friend and colleague of David Bohm for more than twenty years.