Freeman Dyson Quotes


We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods.


Citations

Montaigne, Fen. "Freeman Dyson Takes on the Climate Establishment." Yale Environment 360, 4 Jun. 2009.

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Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson
  • Born: December 15, 1923
  • Died: February 28, 2020
  • Nationality: British, American
  • Profession: Physicist

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.