Freeman Dyson Quotes
The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.
Dyson, Freeman J. Imagined Worlds. Harvard University Press, 1997, p. 9.
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Many people would say the same about the present period.
Freeman John Dyson FRS was a British-American theoretical and mathematical physicist, mathematician, and statistician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, and engineering. He was 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.