Freeman Dyson (1923–2020)
Author of Disturbing the Universe
About the Author
Freeman Dyson, editor, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, has contributed to the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, and biology. He is the author of numerous books, including Weapons and Hope, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1984.
Image credit: Freeman Dyson Photo from Long Now Seminar, San Francisco, October 05, 2005
Works by Freeman Dyson
The Sun, The Genome, and The Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolution (New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities) (1999) 225 copies
Początki życia 3 copies
A Ciência Terá Limites? 2 copies
L'importanza di essere imprevedibile 2 copies
Światy wyobraźni 1 copy
Freeman Dyson 1 copy
Maker of Patterns 1 copy
Associated Works
What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (1914) — Contributor — 632 copies
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- Legal name
- Dyson, Freeman John
- Birthdate
- 1923-12-15
- Date of death
- 2020-02-28
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalized, 1957) - Birthplace
- Crowthorne, Berkshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Places of residence
- New Jersey, USA
- Education
- Cornell University
University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
Winchester School, Winchester, England, UK - Occupations
- professor (Physics)
theoretical physicist
mathematician - Relationships
- Dyson, George B. (son)
Dyson, Esther (daughter)
Dyson, George (2) (father) - Organizations
- Space Studies Institute (2003)
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton)
Royal Air Force (WWII)
Royal Society (Fellow) - Awards and honors
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1952)
Dannie Heineman Prize (1965)
Lorentz Medal (1966)
Max Planck Medal (1969)
Wolf Prize (1981)
Oersted Medal (1991) (show all 10)
Enrico Fermi Award (1993)
Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (1996)
Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (1998)
Templeton Prize (2000)
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- Works
- 41
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- 14
- Members
- 2,867
- Popularity
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
- 104
- Languages
- 8
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