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The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible.
Freeman Dyson
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Freeman Dyson
Age: 96 †
Born: 1923
Born: December 15
Died: 2020
Died: February 28
Mathematician
Nuclear Physicist
Physicist
Professor
Theoretical Physicist
Crowthorne
Berkshire
Freeman John Dyson
Freeman J. Dyson
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I have the freedom to do what I want... bright people to talk to every day.
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The seeds from Ramanujan's garden have been blowing on the wind and have been sprouting all over the landscape. [On the stimulating effects of Ramanujan's mathematical legacy.]
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I think it's a big mistake to decide too soon what you're going to do with your life.
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Technology must be guided and driven by ethics if it is to do more than provide new toys for the rich.
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Well germ warfare of course exists. There have been on a small scale... There have been, of course, a few people who got killed with anthrax right here in Princeton.
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The fact that the climate is getting warmer doesn't scare me at all. There's no reason why one should be scared.
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As we look out into the Universe and identify the many accidents of physics and astronomy that have worked together to our benefit, it almost seems as if the Universe must in some sense have known that we were coming.
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You could say science also is an art.
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So long as you have courage and a sense of humor, it is never too late to start life afresh.
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That's, of course, the beautiful thing about science - that it's all about things we don't understand, not just the things we do understand.
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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.
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