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For me, science is just a bunch of tools - it's like playing the violin.

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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In religion, you're supposed to be somehow in touch with something deep and full of mysteries.
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I don't know, but I think it's quite possible that the more science you teach kids in school the more it turns them off, so I don't know. I mean you never can tell which way it will go.
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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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