Freeman Dyson 1923-2020

[TheDustyZebra]

Tremendous presence in science and science fiction. There'll likely never be another like him.

Freeman Dyson obituary

Brilliant theoretical physicist and mathematician whose far-fetched ideas for the future verged on the bizarre

www.theguardian.com

 

[Vince W]

Certainly a huge influence. RIP.

 

[BAYLOR]

A visionary in so many ways.

Certainly a huge influence. RIP.

His Dyson Sphere concept found it's way even in Star Trek. How cool is that?

 

[Vince W]

His Dyson Sphere concept found it's way even in Star Trek. How cool is that?

Very.

 

[Foxbat]

First time I heard about a Dyson Sphere was in Silverberg’s Across A Billion Years. Time to read it again methinks in this man’s honour.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

RIP an extraordinary thinker.

 

[BigBadBob141]

Another great thinker gone into the great abyss, R.I.P.