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Weapons and Hope

by Freeman Dyson

National Book · 1984 · Winner

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Freeman DysonBritish-American

Freeman Dyson (1923-2020) was a British-American theoretical physicist, mathematician, and author renowned for unifying the approaches to quantum electrodynamics by Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga, and for visionary concepts like the Dyson sphere. His notable works include books such as Disturbing the Universe (1979), Infinite in All Directions (1988), and Maker of Patterns (2018), earning awards like the Wolf Prize (1981), Lewis Thomas Prize (1996), and Templeton Prize (2000). Primarily a science writer, he contributed essays to The New York Review of Books blending science, philosophy, and humanism.Goodreads.

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