Who is Freeman Dyson
Freeman John Dyson (15 December 1923 – 28 February 2020) was an English-American theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, and engineering. He was Professor Emeritus in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.Dyson originated several concepts that bear his name, such as Dyson's transform, a fundamental technique in additive number theory, which he developed as part of his proof of Mann's theorem; the Dyson tree, a hypothetical genetically engineered plant capable of growing in a comet; the Dyson series, a perturbative series where each term i...Read Full Biography of Freeman Dyson
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- We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods.
- A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.
- It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.
- I have the freedom to do what I want... bright people to talk to every day.
- The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.
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Divinebloom369: "the public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. in fact, science is not a collection of truths. it is a continuing exploration of mysteries." ~ freeman dysonHey_1028: "the technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple."--by freeman dyson
Barton3zzzlf: "well, doc, you're in": freeman dyson’s journey through the universe d7fgdse
Donaldm38768041: physicist freeman dyson gave a talk in seattle in 2006, and some friends and i attended. he was 83, and just as lively as when i saw him talk at bell labs in the 1980s. i came across some notes i took:
Marisegosum: ‘a good engineer is a person who makes a design with as few original ideas as possible. there are no prima donna’s in engineering.’ freeman dyson
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