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Freeman Dyson dead at 96

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by tochatihu, Feb 28, 2020.

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    A highly accomplished physicist and out-of-the-box thinker. Rare intellect, by all reports kind to all he met, and a bit nutty on the side. Trifecta.
     
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    nice run, love his vacuum
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Fair Winds and Following Seas!
     
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    Dr. D had 'unconventional' views on climate change. Anyone who asserts that diminished his earthly arc will have to come through me!

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    He certainly had the ‘mojo’
     
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    Sounds like he may have been contrarian for sake of stirring things up. Dyson's term was subversive.
     
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