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David Bohm

1992 - 1992

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David Joseph Bohm (; 20 December 1917 – 27 October 1992) was an American scientist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind. Among his many contributions to physics is his causal and deterministic interpretation of quantum theory known as De Broglie–Bohm theory. Bohm advanced the view that quantum physics meant that the old Cartesian model of reality—that there are two kinds of substance, the mental and the physical, that somehow interact—was too limited. To complement it, he developed a mathematical and physical theory of "implicate" and "explicate" order. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Bohm is the 244th most popular physicist (down from 188th in 2019), the 1,057th most popular biography from United States (down from 689th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Physicist.

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Among physicists, David Bohm ranks 244 out of 851. Before him are Nikolay Basov, Arthur Ashkin, Willard Boyle, John Cockcroft, Gérard Mourou, and William Shockley. After him are Satyendra Nath Bose, Ivar Giaever, Ratko Janev, Anton Zeilinger, Kenneth G. Wilson, and C. P. Snow.

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Among people born in 1992, David Bohm ranks 3. Before him are Neymar, and Mohamed Salah. After him are Son Heung-min, Thibaut Courtois, Selena Gomez, Alisson, Álvaro Morata, Cardi B, Isco, Dani Carvajal, and Marc-André ter Stegen. Among people deceased in 1992, David Bohm ranks 29. Before him are Félix Guattari, Satyajit Ray, Peter D. Mitchell, Anthony Perkins, Aribert Heim, and Nureddin al-Atassi. After him are Algirdas Julien Greimas, Peyo, Günther Anders, John G. Kemeny, Kaysone Phomvihane, and Samuel Reshevsky.

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Among people born in United States, David Bohm ranks 1,057 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Kornberg (1918), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Douglass North (1920), René Auberjonois (1940), Chester Bennington (1976), and Gertrude Ederle (1905). After him are Joe Morton (1947), Sylvia Earle (1935), Jonathan Banks (1947), John Hopfield (1933), Paul Tibbets (1915), and H. L. Mencken (1880).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, David Bohm ranks 51. Before him are Roy J. Glauber (1925), Ralph Asher Alpher (1921), Michio Kaku (1947), Frederick Reines (1918), Robert Hofstadter (1915), and Arthur Ashkin (1922). After him are Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Leon M. Lederman (1922), John L. Hall (1934), John Archibald Wheeler (1911), and Julian Schwinger (1918).

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