Would Bohr be born if Bohm were born before Born?
Physics and Society
2008-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
History and Philosophy of Physics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
I discuss a hypothetical historical context in which a Bohm-like deterministic interpretation of the Schrodinger equation could have been proposed before the Born probabilistic interpretation and argue that in such a context the Copenhagen (Bohr) interpretation would probably have never achieved great popularity among physicists.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0702069,
title = {Would Bohr be born if Bohm were born before Born?},
author = {H. Nikolic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0702069},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
5 pages, revised, accepted for publication in Am. J. Phys