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Truly amazing man. I posted his obit in obituaries yesterday. May he RIP.
I am unfamiliar with obituaries. Link please.
Freeman J. Dyson, theoretical physicist and writer, who embraced the stunning diversity of the universe with unique spirit, died on February 28, 2020 in Princeton, NJ at the age of 96.Dyson generated revolutionary scientific insights, including calculations bridging the quantum and human worlds. His contributions stem from his work in numerous areas, including nuclear engineering, solid state physics, ferromagnetism, astrophysics, biology, and applied mathematics.The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), which was Dyson’s academic home for more than 60 years, announced his death.“No life is more entangled with the Institute and impossible to capture—architect of modern particle physics, free-range mathematician, advocate of space travel, astrobiology and disarmament, futurist, eternal graduate student, rebel to many preconceived ideas including his own, thoughtful essayist, all the time a wise observer of the human scene,†stated Robbert Dijkgraaf, IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor. “His secret was simply saying 'yes' to everything in life, till the very end. We are blessed and honored that Freeman, Imme, and their family made the Institute their home. It will be so forever.â€â€œFreeman Dyson made fundamental contributions in an incredibly wide variety of fields in physics and mathematics,†stated Edward Witten, Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences. “His contributions were so wide-ranging that it is virtually impossible for any one person to summarize them adequately. Quantum Electrodynamics, quantum statistical mechanics, Diophantine approximation of numbers, and random matrix ensembles are just a few of the fields to which Freeman contributed at the highest level. But really, he left his mark almost everywhere.â€In 1941, as an undergraduate at Trinity College in Cambridge, Dyson studied physics with Paul Dirac and Arthur Eddington and found an intellectual role model in the famed English mathematician G.H. Hardy, who had previously mentored the mathematical prodigy, Srinivasa Ramanujan. As a mathematician, Dyson published papers on number theory, analysis, and algebraic topology, developing the concept known as “Dyson’s transform†as part of his proof of Mann’s theorem, which serves as a fundamental technique in additive number theory.More at link.
Freeman J. Dyson (1923–2020), Scientist and Writer, Who Dreamt Among the Stars, Dies at 96February 28, 2020 IAShttps://www.ias.edu/press-releases/2020/freeman-j-dyson-1923%E2%80%932020