Freeman Dyson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Freeman Dyson

theoretical physicist and mathematician

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1923

Place of Birth: Crowthorne, England, United Kingdom

Profession: professor, physicist, mathematician, nuclear physicist, theoretical physicist

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Freeman Dyson

  • Freeman John Dyson (born 15 December 1923) is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, of British origin, known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering.
  • He is professor emeritus in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, a member of the Board of Visitors of Ralston College and a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.Dyson originated several concepts that bear his name, such as Dyson's transform, a fundamental technique in additive number theory, which he developed as part of his proof of Mann's theorem; the Dyson tree, a hypothetical genetically-engineered plant capable of growing in a comet; the Dyson series, a perturbative series where each term is represented by Feynman diagrams; the Dyson sphere, a thought experiment that attempts to explain how a space-faring civilization would meet its energy requirements with a hypothetical megastructure that completely encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output; and Dyson's eternal intelligence, a means by which an immortal society of intelligent beings in an open universe could escape the prospect of the heat death of the universe by extending subjective time to infinity while expending only a finite amount of energy.
  • Dyson believes global warming is caused by increased carbon dioxide through burning fossil fuels but that some of this effects of this are favourable and not taken into account by climate scienists, such as increased agricultural yield.
  • He is skeptical about the simulation models used to predict climate change, arguing that political efforts to reduce causes of climate change distract from other global problems that should take priority.

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