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- Born: December 15, 1923
- Birthplace: Crowthorne, Berkshire, England
- Served in World War II in the Royal Air ForceOfficial Site of Freeman Dyson: Freeman Dyson Biography
- Alma mater: University of CambridgeOfficial Site of Freeman Dyson: Freeman Dyson Biography
- 1951-1953: Professor at Cornell UniversityOfficial Site of Freeman Dyson: Freeman Dyson Biography
- 1953-1994: Professor at Princeton UniversityOfficial Site of Freeman Dyson: Freeman Dyson Biography
- 1957: Naturalized American CitizenOfficial Site of Freeman Dyson: Freeman Dyson Biography
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Freeman Dyson is an American scientist and theorist who has contributed to the fields of nuclear physics, astronomy and biology among others. He is known for the theoretical Dyson sphere and Dyson tree as well as his publications about global warming and the future of biotechnology.
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Awards
- 1965: Danny Heineman Prize, American Institute of PhysicsOfficial Site of Freeman Dyson: Freeman Dyson Biography
- 1991: Oersted Medal awarded by the American Association of Physics TeachersOfficial Site of Freeman Dyson: Freeman Dyson Biography
- 1995: Enrico Fermi Award given by U.S. Department of EnergyOfficial Site of Freeman Dyson: Freeman Dyson Biography
- 1996: Lewis Thomas Prize, honoring the Scientist as Poet, awarded by Rockefeller UniversityOfficial Site of Freeman Dyson: Freeman Dyson Biography
- 2000: Winner of the Templeton Prize for ReligionOfficial Site of Freeman Dyson: Freeman Dyson Biography
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Freeman Dyson on Amazon
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The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books) - $17.95
From Galileo to today’s amateur astronomers, scientists have been rebels, writes Freeman J. Dyson. Like artists and poets, they are free spirits who resist the restrictions their c...Amazon
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Origins of Life - $24.99
This general book starts by surveying theories and experiments concerned with the origin of life; it then gives a sketch of new ideas and experiments by which the gaps in our under...Amazon
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Disturbing The Universe (Sloan Foundation Science Serie) - $19.95
The classic intellectual autobiography of a great theoretical physicist Spanning the years from World War II, when he was a civilian statistician in the operations research sectio...Amazon
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A Many-Colored Glass: Reflections on the Place of Life in the Universe (Page Barbour Lectures) - $21.95
Freeman Dyson's latest book does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist's thoughts on science and technology into a unified theory. The emphasis is, instead,...Amazon
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Freeman Dyson Questions
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...and whatever happened to the Dyson Fairy? 1 AnswerI've looked everywhere and can;t seem to find anything on the Dyson Fairy. read more -
How well does the Dyson Animal vacuum work? 9 AnswersCurrent owner. Shopped hard to justify price. Next to my Honda lawn mower it has been the best investment period. We saved a ton when we purchased ours at Bed B... read more -
Who is a better actor Morgan Freeman or Denzel Washington? 1 AnswerPersonal opinion? I love Denzel Washington. I haven't seen him in a movie where he's not great. My favorite of his was his role in The Hurricane. I thought he ... read more
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Freeman Dyson says: let's look for life in the outer solar system http://bit.ly/7P5rzu
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“Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God...” ~ Freeman Dyson #quote http://tinyurl.com/cbncno
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Freeman Dyson: Busquemos vida en el Sistema Solar Exterior _ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmkTBokxwig
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Nice chat with Freeman Dyson this morning; his wife won her age group in 8k run, way ahead of me.
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Freeman Dyson: "The whole livelihood of all these people depends on people being scared." http://bit.ly/16FJ9F
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