Title: RANDOM AND ARBITRARY CONTINGENCIES IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [8] – THE MARGINAL STATUS OF BOHMIAN QUANTUM MECHANICS
Authors: Yeuncheol Jeong
Abstract:

David Bohm transformed Schrödinger equation into a form of Newton’s second law of motion, revoking causality, determinism and realism in quantum mechanics. However, the newly created term of quantum potential in Bohm’s transformation is taken to be non-physical to many physicists. Besides, Bohm’s quantum mechanics came one generation later after Copenhagen counterpart. At the same time, Bohm could not advocate his quantum mechanics with other physicists, due to his involuntary exile from the US, leading to the marginality of his theory in the general physics community today

Keywords: Bohm, Schrödinger equation, Newton’s second law of motion, hidden variable theory, ontological interpretation, causality, determinism, realism, McCarthyism, quantum potential
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52267/IJASER.2026.7318
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Date of Publication: 14-06-2026
Published Issue & Volume: Vol 7 Issue 3 May-June 2026