Quantum Physics: An Overview of a Weird World

Quantum Physics: An Overview of a Weird World

The de Broglie-Bohm Interpretation of Quantum Physics

Is the world deterministic after all?

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Marco Masi
Jan 31, 2026
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The ‘de Broglie-Bohm interpretation’, also called the ‘Bohm pilot-wave theory’ or ‘Bohmian mechanics’ (BM), is probably the most notorious and, in a certain sense, most surprising interpretation of quantum mechanics (QM). It was proposed by Louise de Broglie way back in 1927. He presented it at a conference attended by Wolfgang Pauli, who pointed out so…

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