Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April-November 1985 - Softcover

Dyson, Freeman J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014014482X ISBN 13: 9780140144826

Publisher: Penguin, 1990

Synopsis

This book is a revised version of a series of lectures given at Aberdeen University in 1985 and entitled 'In Praise of Diversity'.Freeman Dyson has major achievements to his name in science and technology and as he says,this series of essays gives him the chance to talk about 'everything in the universe'.

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About the Author

Freeman Dyson spent most of his life as a professor of physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was born in England and worked as a civilian scientist for the Royal Air Force in World War 2. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1945 with a BA degree in mathematics. He went on to Cornell University as a graduate student in 1947 and worked with Hans Bethe and Richard Feynman and went on to be appointed as a professor. His most useful contribution to science was the unification of the three versions of quantum electrodynamics invented by Feynman, Schwinger and Tomonaga. Dyson is a fellow of the American Physical Society, a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the Royal Society of London. In 2000 he was awarded the Templeton Prize for progress in Religion. In addition to his scientific work, Professor Dyson has found time for raising five daughters, a son and a step-daughter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 014014482X
• ISBN 13: 9780140144826
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 336