Are de Broglie and Bohm right? : Jean Bricmont: Making sense of quantum mechanics. Berlin: Springer, 2016, x+331pp, €52.99 HB, € 41.64 ebook
(2018) Metascience — Vol. 27, p. 91-94 (2018)
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Ghins, Michel 
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- Back in 1964, Richard Feynman famously stated that “Nobody understands quantum mechanics.” Indeed, despite its impressive empirical success, quantum mechanics (QM) remains the most perplexing and mind-boggling theory ever produced by humans. In his clear and thought-provoking book, Jean Bricmont advocates the merits of “the de Broglie–Bohm theory” and forcefully argues that it provides an intelligible picture of the quantum world out there. Being aware, however, that the de Broglie–Bohm theory is not immune from difficulties, the author acknowledges that understanding QM is an “unfinished story” (292).
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Ghins, M. (2018). Are de Broglie and Bohm right? : Jean Bricmont: Making sense of quantum mechanics. Berlin: Springer, 2016, x+331pp, €52.99 HB, € 41.64 ebook. Metascience, 27, 91-94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-017-0261-3 (Original work published 2018)