02-28-2020, 09:44 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/scien...-dead.html
Freeman J. Dyson, a mathematical prodigy who left his mark on subatomic physics before turning to messier subjects like Earth’s environmental future and the morality of war, died on Friday at a hospital near Princeton, N.J. He was 96.
And yes... best known to SF readers as the inventor of the "Dyson Sphere", a thought experiment on how to get the most living space by capturing the entire energy of a star by enclosing it.
Freeman J. Dyson, a mathematical prodigy who left his mark on subatomic physics before turning to messier subjects like Earth’s environmental future and the morality of war, died on Friday at a hospital near Princeton, N.J. He was 96.
And yes... best known to SF readers as the inventor of the "Dyson Sphere", a thought experiment on how to get the most living space by capturing the entire energy of a star by enclosing it.