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...
fun latin thinking
I grew up in England and we spent most of the time on Latin and Greek and very little on science, and I think that was good because it meant we didn't get turned off. It was... Science was something we did for fun and not because we had to.
eye thinking hands
I think it's much better to have your eyes open, but on the other hand, of course it can do harm if you tell people look, there's all these terrible things you can do and then some idiot may go ahead and do it.
thinking giving
I think we're doing pretty well. It's clear the media, of course, always gives you the bad news.
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.
dream butterfly thinking
Scientifically speaking, a butterfly is at least as mysterious as a superstring. When something ceases to be mysterious, it ceases to be of absorbing concern to scientists. Almost all the things scientists think and dream about are mysterious.
thinking historical myth
Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths
thinking islands sea
As finite creatures who think and feel, we can create islands of meaning in the sea of information.
thinking overrated
I'm prejudiced about education altogether. I think it's terribly overrated.
thinking people world
If you're in the business world, that's what's expected: You should go bust and then start again on something else. So it's a much more relaxed kind of a culture. It's also competitive, but not in such a vicious way. I think the academic world is actually much more destructive of young people.
mistake thinking big-mistake
I think it's a big mistake to decide too soon what you're going to do with your life.
thinking people looks
We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods.
mistake thinking mathematics
I think the biggest misconception is that everybody has to learn mathematics. That seems to be a complete mistake.
heart thinking small-problems
For some days I quietly worked out in my own mind the metaphysics of Cosmic Unity. The more I thought about it, the more convinced I became that it was the living truth. It was logically incontrovertible. It provided for the first time a firm foundation for ethics. It offered mankind the radical change of heart and mind that was our only hope of peace at a time of desperate danger. Only one small problem remained. I must find a way to convert the world to my way of thinking.
thinking science-and-religion
I think science and religion should be separate.