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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Bohm has received more than 1,527,808 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). David Bohm is the 188th most popular physicist (up from 242nd in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,119th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, David Bohm ranks 188 out of 851. Before him are Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Igor Tamm, Martinus J. G. Veltman, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Klaus von Klitzing, and Charles H. Townes. After him are Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Wolfgang Paul, Benjamin Thompson, Robert H. Goddard, Nikolay Basov, and Douglas Osheroff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, David Bohm ranks 2. Before him is Neymar. After him are Cardi B, Thibaut Courtois, Selena Gomez, Sadio Mané, Kim Seok-jin, Son Heung-min, Marc-André ter Stegen, Miley Cyrus, Álvaro Morata, and Dani Carvajal. Among people deceased in 1992, David Bohm ranks 26. Before him are Satyajit Ray, Paolo Borsellino, Daniel Bovet, Jan Oort, Peyo, and Aribert Heim. After him are Félix Guattari, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Karl Carstens, James E. Webb, Günther Anders, and Kaysone Phomvihane.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Bohm ranks 689 out of 20,380. Before him are Jane Russell (1921), Bill Cosby (1937), Lana Turner (1921), Omar Bradley (1893), Joseph Barbera (1911), and George Kennedy (1925). After him are Irwin Shaw (1913), Burgess Meredith (1907), Ray Liotta (1954), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), Bradley Cooper (1975), and Sam Peckinpah (1925).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, David Bohm ranks 27. Before him are George E. Smith (1930), Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), James Rainwater (1917), Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), and Charles H. Townes (1915). After him are Benjamin Thompson (1753), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Douglas Osheroff (1945), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), Steven Weinberg (1933), and Michio Kaku (1947).

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