In March 2009, the New York Times wrote a lengthy piece about renowned physicist Freeman Dyson, then 85. Four years earlier, ...

Described politically as an "Obama-loving, (George W.) Bush-loathing liberal," Dyson immersed himself in the science of ...

As civilizations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It's likely that an advanced civilization ...

Often imagined as the crown jewel of future megastructures, a Dyson swarm—an orbiting fleet of solar collectors around the Sun—has long been considered a potential key to unlocking interstellar-scale ...

Of the many well-known names in science, few have been as reluctant to stick to one particular field as Freeman John Dyson. Born in the UK in 1923, he showed a great interest in mathematics and ...

The New York Times wrote a lengthy piece about renowned physicist Freeman Dyson, then 85. Four years earlier, Dyson began ...

Freeman Dyson was a theoretical physicist and mathematician, and professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Photograph by ioerror - Flickr ...

Freeman Dyson was an emeritus professor of physics at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton. Widely considered one of the world’s most distinguished scientists, he has 21 honorary degrees ...

In 1958, that was the question facing nuclear physicist Freeman Dyson and the team behind Project Orion — one of many Cold War attempts to find new beneficial uses for the bomb. Then one day ...

As civilisations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It’s likely that an advanced civilisation ...