Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson
Freeman John Dyson FRSis an English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering. He is professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, a Visitor of Ralston College, and a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists...
long environmental global-warming
We do not know how much of the environmental change is due to human activities and how much [is due] to long-term natural processes over which we have no control.
input dubious climate
Computer models of the climate....[are] a very dubious business if you don't have good inputs.
passion boys thinking
For me too, the periodic table was a passion. ... As a boy, I stood in front of the display for hours, thinking how wonderful it was that each of those metal foils and jars of gas had its own distinct personality.
atmosphere global-warming carbon
We simply don't know yet what's going to happen to the carbon in the atmosphere.
gaps climate global-warming
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.
imagine glory prove
The glory of science is to imagine more than we can prove.
scare facts reason-why
The fact that the climate is getting warmer doesn't scare me at all. There's no reason why one should be scared.
moving moon thinking
If you want to have a program for moving out into the universe, you have to think in centuries not in decades.
technology needs generations
Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs.
pain children childbirth
The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It's the child that's remembered.
spiritual grandchildren moon
There are three reasons, . . . apart from scientific considerations, mankind needs to travel in space. The first . . . is garbage disposal; we need to transfer industrial processes into space so that the earth may remain a green and pleasant place for our grandchildren to live in. The second . . . to escape material impoverishment: the resources of this planet are finite, and we shall not forego forever the abundance of solar energy and minerals and living space that are spread out all around us. The third . . . our spiritual need for an open frontier.
fine-tuning known universe
The universe in some sense must have known that we were coming.
jobs average numbers
The average student emerges at the end of the Ph.D. program, already middle-aged, overspecialized, poorly prepared for the world outside, and almost unemployable except in a narrow area of specialization. Large numbers of students for whom the program is inappropriate are trapped in it, because the Ph.D. has become a union card required for entry into the scientific job market.
strong jobs should-have
Dropping of the atomic bomb was the main subject of conversation for many years and so people had very strong feelings about it on both sides and people who thought it was the greatest thing they'd ever done and people who thought it was just an unpleasant job and people who thought they should have never done it at all, so there were opinions of all kinds.