Freeman Dyson

Freeman Dyson is an English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician. He is known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering.

He theorized several concepts that bear his name, such as Dyson’s transform, Dyson tree, Dyson series, and Dyson sphere.

Date of birth:
15th December, 1923
"It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology."
― Freeman Dyson
Topic(s): Wisdom
"What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford."
― Freeman Dyson
Topic(s): Technology
"Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs."
― Freeman Dyson
Topic(s): Technology
"The world of science and the world of literature have much in common. Each is an international club, helping to tie mankind together across barriers of nationality, race and language. I have been doubly lucky, being accepted as a member of both."
― Freeman Dyson
Topic(s): Science
"Unfortunately things are different in climate science because the arguments have become heavily politicised. To say that the dogmas are wrong has become politically incorrect."
― Freeman Dyson
Topic(s): Science
"Biology is now bigger than physics, as measured by the size of budgets, by the size of the workforce, or by the output of major discoveries; and biology is likely to remain the biggest part of science through the twenty-first century."
― Freeman Dyson
Topic(s): Science
"Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science."
― Freeman Dyson
Topic(s): Politics
"The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence."
― Freeman Dyson
Topic(s): Intelligence
"It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment."
― Freeman Dyson
Topic(s): Humor
"Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God’s gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences."
― Freeman Dyson
Topic(s): God

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