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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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Of course, long-distance running has to do with the fact that we're hunters.
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If women are doing a Ph.D., they have a conflict between raising a family or finishing the degree, which is just at the worst time - between the ages of 25 to 30 or whatever it is. It ruins the five years of their lives.
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When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories.
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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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I have the freedom to do what I want... bright people to talk to every day.
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The technologies that raise the fewest ethical problems are those that work on a human scale, brightening the lives of individual people.
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In religion, you're supposed to be somehow in touch with something deep and full of mysteries.
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