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Freeman Dyson: unorthodox to the end

27 Mar 2020 Hamish Johnston
Taken from the April 2020 issue of Physics World.

The mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson was famed for his visionary ideas that stretched far beyond pure science. Hamish Johnston looks at the life of a scientist who was never afraid to speak his mind

Freeman Dyson
Visionary thinker: Freeman Dyson (1923–2020) at Claridge’s Hotel in London in May 2000 after an interview with Physics World. (Courtesy: Matin Durrani)
The British-born mathematical physicist and public intellectual Freeman Dyson, who died on 28 Febr

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