David Bohm

Biography

Born in Wilkes-Barre, USA. PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He worked at Princeton University but due to McCarthy-era persecution left the United States. He taught at the University of São Paulo (Brazil) and Birkbeck College in London. His ideas were long rejected but later gained recognition.

Key discoveries

Pilot-wave theory (de Broglie–Bohm) — a deterministic interpretation of quantum mechanics in which particles have trajectories guided by the wave function.

Aharonov–Bohm effect — the influence of electromagnetic potential on a quantum particle even in the absence of a field (predicted in 1959, experimentally confirmed).

Bohm diffusion — anomalously fast transport of particles across a magnetic field in plasma.

Dance of the Octopus Electron: What Quantum Tunneling Says About the Nature of Reality

Quantum tunneling is not just a trick that lets electrons seep through impassable barriers. It’s a window into the deepest mysteries of reality. It turns out that an electron behaves not as a point, but as a distributed entity—something like an octopus squeezing its tentacles through a crack. This v

arXiv:2505.00872v4 · 2025-05-01

Surfer Photons: How a Wave Guides a Particle

In pilot-wave theory, particles follow clear trajectories, like surfers on waves. By reconstructing photon trajectories in the double-slit experiment, physicists saw something strange: in the dark fringes, the particle's mass behaved like a tachyon's — becoming imaginary. This is the first direct ev

arXiv:2509.11609 · 2025-09-15

Black hole vortex shifts quantum rhythm

When a black hole spins, it drags spacetime with it, like a spoon stirring thick honey. This cosmic vortex can alter the internal rhythm of quantum particles even when they feel no forces. Scientists have calculated that for a supermassive black hole this shift reaches 10²⁴ radians — a number that m

arXiv:2602.20337 · 2026-02-23

Bottomless Black Hole: A Quantum Recipe

Usually, a black hole’s center is an abyss of infinite density. But quantum effects, like an invisible spring, create a cushion of resilience. Even without complex quantum gravity, simple laws of the microworld can turn black holes from dead ends into passages.